The prevalence, severity and risk factors for pterygium in central Myanmar: The Meiktila Eye Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 25-29

  Durkin, S R ^a,d   Abhary, S ^a   Newland, H S ^b   Selva, D ^b   Aung, T ^c   Casson, R J ^a  

^a South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

^d ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BINOCULAR VISION; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA LIMBUS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MYANMAR; OCCUPATION; OCULAR BLOOD VESSEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCLERA; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; SEX RATIO; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING;

EID: 38349179197     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.119842     Document Type: Article

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