Associations with intraocular pressure in the Barbados Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1572-1576

  Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Leske, M Cristina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; FAMILY HISTORY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0031454695     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160742012     Document Type: Article

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