Primary open angle glaucoma. The need for a consensus case definition

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 752-754

  Kroese, Mark ^a   Burton, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS;

BLINDNESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0041818093     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.9.752     Document Type: Review

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