Knowledge and beliefs about common eye diseases

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 283-287

  Attebo, Karin ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Cumming, Robert ^c   Smith, Wayne ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Awareness; Cataract; Glaucoma; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; EYE DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030779806     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01516.x     Document Type: Article

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