Eye Examinations at the National Institute for Longevity Sciences - Longitudinal Study
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Eye examinations at the National Institute for Longevity Sciences--Longitudinal Study of Aging: NILS-LSA.
The National Institute for Longevity Sciences--Longitudinal Study of Aging (the NILS-LSA) started in 1997, and involves many kinds of examination. The objective of this paper is to outline the eye examinations in the NILS-LSA. The eye examinations consist of checks on refractometry, visual acuity, intraocular pressure, contrast sensitivity, kinetic visual acuity, visual fields, fundus photograp...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2000
ISSN: 0917-5040
DOI: 10.2188/jea.10.1sup_18