Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in Greece: The Thessaloniki Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Topouzis, Fotis ^a   Wilson, M Roy ^b   Harris, Alon ^c   Anastasopoulos, Eleftherios ^a   Yu, Fei ^d   Mavroudis, Leonidas ^a   Pappas, Theofanis ^a   Koskosas, Archimidis ^a   Coleman, Anne L ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34548750457     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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