Accuracy of referral to a glaucoma clinic

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 7-11

  Bell, R W D ^a   O'Brien, C ^a  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA EYE PAVILION   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; FAMILY HEALTH; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTOMETRY; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0031036543     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(96)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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