Eye screening in the elderly

Irish Medical Journal

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 141-142

  Keane, E M ^a   O'Connor, M ^a   Coakley, D ^a   Walsh, J B ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IRELAND; MASS SCREENING; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IRELAND; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MASS SCREENING; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031155596     PISSN: 03323102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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