Pseudoexfoliation in a rural population of southern India: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 830-837

  Krishnadas, R ^a   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a   Ramakrishnan, R ^a   Thulasiraj, R D ^a   Katz, Joanne ^b,c   Tielsch, James M ^b,c   Friedman, David S ^c,d   Robin, Alan L ^b,d,e  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Lake Falls Professional Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EYE FUNDUS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; IRIS; LENS CAPSULE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL RISK; TONOMETRY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0037605784     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)02271-7     Document Type: Article

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