Time series analysis of age related cataract hospitalizations and phacoemulsification

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Leong, Alan M ^a   Crighton, Eric J ^a   Moineddin, Rahim ^b,c   Mamdani, Muhammad ^c,d   Upshur, Ross E G ^a,b,c  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENILE CATARACT; SPRING; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WINTER; AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRENDS;

AGING; AMBULATORY CARE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33344456334     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-2     Document Type: Article

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