The epidemiology of age related eye diseases in Asia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 506-511

  Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b   Loon, S C ^b,c   Saw, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ASIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; JAPAN; MONGOLIA; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; ASIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 33645287990     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.083733     Document Type: Review

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