Prevalence of pterygium and pinguecula: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Panchapakesan, Jai ^a   Hourihan, Fleur ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Pinguecula; Pterygium; Sunlight; Ultraviolet exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SKIN CANCER; SKIN DEFECT; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031836355     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01362.x     Document Type: Article

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