Cup-to-disc ratios of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youths

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 89, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 306-309

  Gerry, Patrick ^a   Johnson, Kate ^a  

^a Patrick Gerry Optometrists   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Children; Cup to disc ratio; Glaucoma; Physiological cup

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC DISK; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OPTIC DISK; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33748635993     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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