Race, ethnicity and prevalence of primary open-angle glaucoma

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1626-1629

  Kosoko Lasaki, Omofolasade ^a,c   Gong, Gordon ^b   Haynatzki, Gleb ^a   Wilson, M Roy ^b  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental; Ethnicity; Genetic; Glaucoma; Race

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DENMARK; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33750591932     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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