Awareness about glaucoma and related eye health attitudes in Switzerland: A survey of the general public

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-108

  Mansouri, Kaweh ^a,d   Orgül, Selim ^b   Meier Gibbons, Frances ^c   Mermoud, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY EYE CLINIC   (Switzerland)

^c Hôpital Ophtalmique Jules Gonin ^*

^d HÔPITAL OPHTALMIQUE JULES GONIN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Awareness about glaucoma; Glaucoma; Primary open angle glaucoma; Refractive error; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTACT LENS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPECTACLES; SWITZERLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 33344466700     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000090574     Document Type: Article

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