Lens power in a population-based cross-sectional sample of adults aged 40 to 64 years in the Shahroud eye study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1031-1039

  Iribarren, Rafael ^a   Morgan, Ian G ^b   Hashemi, Hassan ^c,d   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^c   Emamian, Mohammad Hassan ^e   Shariati, Mohammad ^f   Fotouhi, Akbar ^g  

^a San Luis Medical Center   (Argentina)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^f TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^g TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adult; Lens power; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION PARALYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEAL POWER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LENS POWER; LENS SIZE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SPHEROCYLINDRICAL REFRACTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; LENS POWER; POPULATION BASED STUDY;

ADULT; AGING; BIOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYDRIATICS; PUPIL; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84896726521     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13575     Document Type: Article

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