Prevalence of lens opacity in Chinese residents of Singapore: The Tanjong Pagar survey

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2058-2064

  Seah, Steve K L ^a   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b,c   Foster, Paul J ^a,d   Ng, Tze Pin ^b   Johnson, Gordon J ^a  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CATARACT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0036840463     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01221-6     Document Type: Article

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