Central Corneal Thickness of Indigenous Australians Within Central Australia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 360-362

  Landers, John A ^a   Billing, Kathryn J ^a   Mills, Richard A ^a   Henderson, Tim R ^b   Craig, Jamie E ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ANTHROPOMETRY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846352458     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2006.09.047     Document Type: Article

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