Oman eye study 2005: Prevalence and determinants of glaucoma

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1349-1359

  Khandekar, R ^a,b,c,d,e   Jaffer, M A ^a,b,c,d,e   Al Raisi, A ^a,b,c,d,e   Zutshi, R ^a,b,c,d,e   Mahabaleshwar, M ^a,b,c,d,e   Shah, R ^a,b,c,d,e   Choudhury, A H ^a,b,c,d,e  

^a Department of Noncommunicable Disease Control   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^c AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

^d Ibri Hospital   (Oman)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DEMOGRAPHY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISION TEST;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 59949085913     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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