Central Corneal Thickness in Northwestern American Indians/Alaskan Natives and Comparison with White and African-American Persons

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 146, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Torres, Rodrigo J ^a   Jones, Emily ^a   Edmunds, Beth ^b   Becker, Thomas ^b   Cioffi, George A ^a   Mansberger, Steven L ^a,b  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INHERITANCE; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; AMERICAN NATIVE CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CORNEA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES;

EID: 54449087052     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2008.05.047     Document Type: Article

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