Glaucoma risk factors observed in the Baltimore Eye Survey

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-98

  Sommer, Alfred ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029781498     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00055735-199604000-00016     Document Type: Review

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