Reproducibility of the Wisconsin cataract grading system in the Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 119-126

  Panchapakesan, Jai ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains Eye Study; Cataract grading; Reproducibility; Wisconsin cataract grading system

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LENS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 0030716892     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286589709115719     Document Type: Article

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