Prevalence of glaucoma in a screening program in São Paulo;Prevalência de glaucoma identificada em campanha de detecção em São Paulo

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 303-307

  Póvoa, Cristine Araújo ^a   Nicolela, Marcelo Teixeira ^a   Valle, Ana Letícia Siqueira Leão ^a   De Siqueira Gomes, Luís Eduardo ^a   Neustein, Isaac ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DO SERVIDOR PÚBLICO ESTADUAL DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Eye health; Health promotion; Ocular hypertension physiopathology; Open angle glaucoma epidemiology; Open angle glaucoma diagnosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 24544479140     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492001000400006     Document Type: Article

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