Prevalence of pterygium and cataract in indigenous populations of the Brazilian Amazon rain forest

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 533-536

  de Paula, Jayter S ^a   Thorn, F ^b   Cruz, A A V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amerindians; Cataract; Epidemiology; Pterygium; Sun exposure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; RAIN FOREST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 33646430883     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701917     Document Type: Article

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