Nine-Year Incidence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Barbados Eye Studies

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1058-1064

  Leske, M Cristina ^a,b   Wu, S Y ^a,b   Honkanen, R ^b   Nemesure, B ^a,b   Schachat, A ^c   Hyman, L ^a,b   Hennis, A ^a,d,e  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health Barbados   (Barbados)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARBADOS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; RISK FACTORS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34249653669     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.08.051     Document Type: Article

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