Distribution of intraocular pressure: The Barbados Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1051-1057

  Leske, M Cristina ^a,d   Connell, Anthea M S ^b   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Hyman, Leslie ^a   Schachat, Andrew P ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030795226     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160221012     Document Type: Article

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