A 10-year population-based cohort analysis of cataract surgery rates in Ontario

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 552-556

  Hatch, Wendy V ^a,b   Cernat, Geta ^c   Singer, Shaun ^a,b   Bell, Chaim M ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Population based; Rates

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SURGICAL PATIENT;

EID: 34748897798     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I07-090     Document Type: Article

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