The association between thyroid problems and glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1503-1505

  Cross, J M ^a   Girkin, C A ^a   Owsley, C ^a   McGwin Jr, G ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; THYROID DISEASE;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; THYROID DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 55449108278     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.147165     Document Type: Article

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