Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma in a Burmese population: The Meiktila Eye Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 739-744

  Casson, Robert J ^a   Gupta, Aanchal ^a   Newland, Henry S ^a   Mcgovern, Steve ^a   Muecke, James ^a   Selva, Dinesh ^a   Aung, Than ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Glaucoma; Open angle; Prevalence; Risk factor; Rural population

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYANMAR; MYOPIA; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY GLAUCOMA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 36049018293     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01619.x     Document Type: Article

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