Knowledge about glaucoma in the unselected population: A German survey

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 458-463

  Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a   Krieglstein, Günther K ^a   Wellek, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindness; Glaucoma; Knowledge; Primary open angle glaucoma; Screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCOME; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0036788691     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200210000-00016     Document Type: Article

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