Factors affecting awareness and knowledge of glaucoma among patients presenting to an urban emergency department

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-109

  Landers, John A ^a   Goldberg, Ivan ^a,c   Graham, Stuart L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Park House   (Australia)

Author keywords

Awareness; Glaucoma; Knowledge; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIGRAINE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYOPIA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AWARENESS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036244857     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-6404.2002.00493.x     Document Type: Article

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