Cataract extraction rates among Chinese, Malays, and Indians in Singapore: A population-based analysis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 727-732

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035002056     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.5.727     Document Type: Article

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