Intraocular pressure in a Somali population living in the United States

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 365-369

  Read, Russell W ^a,c   Chen, Philip P ^a   Bhandari, Anuja ^a   Mills, Richard P ^a   Cinciripini, Grace S ^a   Taylor, Christopher C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOMALIA; TONOMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOMALIA; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0141540703     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-200308000-00012     Document Type: Article

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