Glaucoma in China (and worldwide): Changes in established thinking will decrease preventable blindness

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1271-1272

  Quigley, H A ^a   Congdon, N G ^a   Friedman, D S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CHRONICITY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDITORIAL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IRIDOTOMY; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING; VISUAL FIELD;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0034751351     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.11.1271     Document Type: Editorial

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