The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 262-267

  Quigley, Harry ^a,b   Broman, A T ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; BODY WEIGHT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 33644655886     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.081224     Document Type: Review

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