The Tromsø Eye Study: Study design, methodology and results on visual acuity and refractive errors

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 635-642

  Bertelsen, Geir ^a,b   Erke, Maja G ^a,b   Von Hanno, Therese ^b,c   Mathiesen, Ellisiv B ^a,b   Peto, Tunde ^d,e   Sjølie, Anne K ^b,f   Njølstad, Inger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

age related macular degeneration; diabetic retinopathy; epidemiology; refractive error; retinal vasculature; retinal vessel calibre; Troms Eye Study; Troms Study; visual acuity

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BONE DENSITOMETRY; CAROTID ARTERY; COGNITION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORWAY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA IMAGE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TROMSO EYE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; URINALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; REFRACTIVE ERROR; RETINAL VASCULATURE; RETINAL VESSEL CALIBRE; TROMSØ EYE STUDY; TROMSØ STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RESEARCH DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84885957332     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02511.x     Document Type: Article

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