Screening for glaucoma in the Chinese elderly population in Singapore

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 644-647

  Sim, D H J ^a,c   Goh, L G ^b  

^a National University of Singapore ^*  (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Population; Prevalence; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; STANDARD; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0033201679     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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