Determinants of intraocular pressure and its association with glaucomatous optic neuropathy in Chinese Singaporeans: The Tanjong Pagar study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3885-3891

  Foster, Paul J ^a,b   Machin, David ^c   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,d   Ng, Tze Pin ^d   Kirwan, Jim F ^f   Johnson, Gordon J ^f   Khaw, Peng T ^b   Seah, Steve K L ^a,d,e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^f NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE SYNECHIA; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NERVE FUNCTION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TONOMETRY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORNEA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PERIMETRY; SINGAPORE; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0041861158     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0012     Document Type: Article

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