Nine-Year Incidence and Risk Factors for Pterygium in the Barbados Eye Studies

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2153-2158

  Nemesure, Barbara ^a,d   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a,d   Hennis, Anselm ^a,b,c,d   Leske, M Cristina ^a,d  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health Barbados   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA LIMBUS; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARBADOS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; ODDS RATIO; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 56749169184     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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