Optometric glaucoma referrals - Measures of effectiveness and implications for screening strategy

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 452-463

  Gilchrist, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST;

GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MODELS, STATISTICAL; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033735190     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(00)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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