Epidemiological survey of ocular diseases in K Island, Amami Islands: Prevalence of cataract and pterygium

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 556-563

  Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a   Asano, Kouichi ^a   Kojima, Masami ^a   Sakamoto, Yasuo ^a   Kasuga, Takabumi ^a   Nagata, Masanobu ^a   Takahashi, Nobuo ^a   Sasaki, Kazuyuki ^a   Ono, Masaji ^b   Katoh, Nobuyo ^c  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Epidemiology; Prevalence; Pterygium; UV B

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PTERYGIUM; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM;

EID: 6544295893     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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