Frequency and risk factors for pterygium in the barbados eye study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1827-1832

  Luthra, Rajiv ^a,c   Nemesure, Barbara B ^b   Wu, Suh Yuh ^b   Xie, Shu Hong ^b   Leske, M Cristina ^b  

^a Data Collection Center   (Barbados)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIV HLTH SCI C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES;

EID: 0035212321     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.119.12.1827     Document Type: Article

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