Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma among Adults in the United States

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 532-538

  Friedman, David S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1842425681     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.4.532     Document Type: Article

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