Prevalence of cataract surgery and post-surgical visual outcomes in an urban Asian population: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 299-304

  Lavanya, R ^a,b   Wong, T Y ^a,b,c,d   Aung, T ^a,b,c   Tan, D T H ^a,b,c   Saw, S M ^b,c   Tay, W T ^b   Wang, J Jin ^d,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 61749095855     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148650     Document Type: Article

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