Prevalence of glaucoma in rural Myanmar: The Meiktila eye study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 710-714

  Casson, R J ^a   Newland, H S ^a   Muecke, J ^a   McGovern, S ^a   Abraham, L ^a   Shein, W K ^b   Selva, D ^a   Aung, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Meiktila Eye Hospital and Trachoma Control and Prevention Programme   (Myanmar)

^c Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34249825482     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.107573     Document Type: Review

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