Eye health in rural Australia

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 316-321

  Madden, Anna C ^a   Simmons, David ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^b   Khan, Munir A ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Epidemiology; Ophthalmology; Optometry; Rural health

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR AFFECTING AGENT;

AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; DATA BASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DRUG UTILIZATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; EYE INJURY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; RURAL POPULATION; SUPPORT GROUP; TELEPHONE; TRAINING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0036799602     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.00549.x     Document Type: Review

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