Models of open-angle glaucoma prevalence and incidence in the United States

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 83-91

  Quigley, Harry A ^a,b   Vitale, Susan ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

age; glaucoma; incidence; meta analysis; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LIFE TABLE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; NEGRO; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; META-ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031023752     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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