Glaucoma screening in Martinique. Results in 813 hospital employees;Dépistage du glaucome en Martinique: Résultats au sein d'une population de 813 salariés hospitaliers

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 136-142

  Merle, H ^a   Renard, A ^a   Donnio, A ^a   Richer, R ^a   Ayeboua L ^a   Ensfelder, G ^a   Ventura, E ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE DE FORT DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

Blacks; Glaucoma; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARTINIQUE; OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIMETRY; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; TONOMETRY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VISUAL FIELD;

EID: 1642380896     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0181-5512(04)96107-4     Document Type: Article

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