Glaucoma pattern amongst the elderly Chinese in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 819-823

  Sim, D H J ^a   Goh, L G ^b   Ho, T ^b  

^a 01 38A Great World City   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Population; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE;

AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0032195885     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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