Determinants of glaucoma awareness in a general eye clinic

Ophthalmology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 303-308

  Gasch, Alice T ^a   Wang, Philip ^b   Pasquale, Louis R ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NEGRO; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; AWARENESS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0034072629     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00076-7     Document Type: Article

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