Epidemiology of pterygium in Victoria, Australia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-292

  McCarty, Catherine A ^a   Fu, Cara L ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 0034019151     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.3.289     Document Type: Article

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