The projected increase in glaucoma due to the aging population in Austria from 2001 to 2031: Results based on data of the Salzburg-Moorfields Collaborative Glaucoma Study

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 45-52

  Hitzl, Wolfgang ^a,b   Bunce, C ^c   Reitsamer, H A ^a   Grabner, G ^a   Hornykewycz, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^b PARACELSUS MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Future; Glaucoma; Population; Prevalence; Projection; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRIA; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; VITAL STATISTICS;

EID: 34047247024     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210701700107     Document Type: Article

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