Racial differences in lens opacities: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation (SEE) Project

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1033-1039

  West, Sheila K ^a   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   Schein, Oliver D ^a   Duncan, Donald D ^b   Rubin, Gary S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Blacks; Cataract; Eye; Population surveillance; Prevalence; Whites

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CAUCASIAN; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0032401983     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009579     Document Type: Article

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