Prevalence of glaucoma in Thailand: A population based survey in Rom Klao district, Bangkok

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1069-1074

  Bourne, Rupert R A ^a   Sukudom, P ^b   Foster, P J ^a   Tantisevi, V ^b   Jitapunkul, S ^b   Lee, P S ^a   Johnson, G J ^a   Rojanapongpun, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPTIC DISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SLIT LAMP; THAILAND; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUBURBAN HEALTH; THAILAND; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0042358711     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.9.1069     Document Type: Review

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