Ophthalmic dysfunction in a community-based sample: Influence of race/ethnicity

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 141-148

  Jean Louis, Girardin ^a,b,c   Zizi, Ferdinand ^a,b,c   Dweck, Monica ^a,b   McKenzie, Dexter ^a,c   Lazzaro, Douglass R ^a,b  

^a SUNY Downstate Medical Center ^*

^b SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Provident Clinical Society   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye disease; Ophthalmic; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; VISUAL ACUITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; NEW YORK CITY; OPTIC DISK; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33847163651     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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