The prevalence and risk factors for pterygium in an adult Chinese population in Singapore: The Tanjong Pagar survey

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 176-183

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Foster, Paul J ^a,d   Johnson, Cordon J ^d   Seah, Steve K L ^a   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE GRADING; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MACHINE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; OFFICE WORKER; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REGISTER; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TROPIC CLIMATE; WORKER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0035131326     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00703-0     Document Type: Article

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