Prevalence of glaucoma in the Wroclaw population. The Wroclaw epidemiological study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 363-371

  Nizankowska, Maria H ^a   Kaczmarek, Radoslaw ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Glaucoma epidemiology; Glaucoma prevalence; Ocular hypertension; Poland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYDRIASIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; POLAND; POLARIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; POLAND; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 29144513923     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580500212904     Document Type: Article

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