Projected prevalence of age-related cataract and cataract surgery in Australia for the years 2001 and 2021: Pooled data from two population-based surveys

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 233-236

  Rochtchina, Elena ^a,b   Mukesh, Bickol N ^c,d   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,b   McCarty, Carthy A ^c,e   Taylor, Hugh R ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^e MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Cataract; Cataract surgery; Melbourne Visual Impairment Project

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0038152979     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2003.00635.x     Document Type: Article

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