Oman eye study 2005: Validity of screening tests used in the glaucoma survey

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1360-1364

  Khandekar, R ^a   Al Raisi, A ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^b AL NAHDHA HOSPITAL   (Oman)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE EXAMINATION; GLAUCOMA; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION TEST;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 59949100231     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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