Ethnic differences in the demand incidence of retinal detachments in two districts in the West Midlands

Eye

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 63-70

  Mowatt, L ^a,b   Shun Shin, G ^a   Price, N ^a  

^a Wolverhampton Eye Infirmary   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age specific demand incidence; Demand incidence; Epidemiology; Rhegmatogenous retinal detachment; Walsall; Wolverhampton

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EMERGENCY WARD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPTOMETRY; PSEUDOPHAKIA; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037256667     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700245     Document Type: Article

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