Visual consequences of refractive errors in the general population

Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 101-109

  Verhoeven, Virginie J M ^a   Wong, King T ^a   Buitendijk, Gabriëlle H S ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a,b   Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Klaver, Caroline C W ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Netherlands Genomics Initiative   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EMMETROPIA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; LOW VISION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RISK ASSESSMENT; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; COMPLICATION; MYOPIA; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; VISION, LOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84920777995     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2014.07.030     Document Type: Article

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