Deprivation and late presentation of glaucoma: Case-control study

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7287, 2001, Pages 639-643

  Fraser, S ^a   Bunce, C ^a   Wormald, R ^a   Brunner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 0035901237     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.322.7287.639     Document Type: Article

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