Prevalence of refractive errors in the european adult population: The Gutenberg Health Study (GHS)

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 857-861

  Wolfram, Christian ^a   Höhn, René ^a   Kottler, Ulrike ^a   Wild, Philipp ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a   Buḧren, Jens ^b   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a   Mirshahi, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL FRANKFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANISOMETROPIA; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMMETROPIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINOSCOPY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84902358943     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304228     Document Type: Article

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