The prevalence of open-angle glaucoma among blacks and whites 73 years and older: The Salisbury Eye Evaluation glaucoma study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1625-1630

  Friedman, David S ^a,b   Jampel, Henry D ^a   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTIC NERVE LESION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCREENING TEST; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; PREVALENCE;

EID: 33750978125     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.11.1625     Document Type: Article

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