A comparison of participants and non-participants in the Chennai glaucoma study-rural population

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-132

  Paul, Pradeep G ^a   George, Ronnie J ^a   Baskaran, Mani ^a   Arvind, Hemamalini ^a   Augustian, Madan Raj ^a   Ve Ramesh, S ^a   Sriram, Prema ^a   Kumaramanickavel, Govindasamy ^a   McCarty, Catherine ^b   Vijaya, Lingam ^a,c  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Glaucoma epidemiology; India; Non participation; Participation bias; Population based study; Rural population; Tamil nadu

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELIGION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREVALENCE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23444457434     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580590932798     Document Type: Article

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