The changing pattern of glaucoma referrals by optometrists

Eye

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 854-857

  Vernon, Stephen A ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Optometrists; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0031760803     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.217     Document Type: Article

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