Prevalence and associations of retinal vein occlusion in Australia: The blue mountains eye study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1243-1247

  Mitchell, Paul ^a   Smith, Wayne ^b   Chang, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029842865     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140443012     Document Type: Article

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