Observed versus indirect estimates of incidence of open-angle glaucoma

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 184-187

  Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Nemesure, Barbara ^a   Leske, M Cristina ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Incidence; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BARBADOS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 0035863897     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/153.2.184     Document Type: Article

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