Systemic and ocular comorbidity of cataract surgical patients in a western Sydney public hospital

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 383-387

  Quoc, Thuan ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Maloof, Anthony ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue mountains eye study; Cataract extraction; Comorbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SMOKING HABIT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 4444318643     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2004.00842.x     Document Type: Article

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