Trends in rates of primary angle closure glaucoma and cataract surgery in England from 1968 to 2004

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-205

  Keenan, Tiarnan D L ^a   Salmon, John F ^a   Yeates, David ^b   Goldacre, Michael ^b  

^a OXFORD EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute glaucoma; Cataract surgery; Glaucoma; Primary angle closure glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 65649098691     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318181540a     Document Type: Article

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