Causes of visual impairment and common eye problems in northwest American Indians and Alaska Natives

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 881-886

  Mansberger, Steven L ^a   Romero, Francine C ^b   Smith, Nicole H ^c   Johnson, Chris A ^a   Cioffi, George A ^a   Edmunds, Beth ^a   Choi, Dongseok ^c   Becker, Thomas M ^c  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b N Plains Tribal Epidemiology Center   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALASKA; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 17844365823     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.054221     Document Type: Article

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