Determinants of glaucoma awareness and knowledge in urban Chennai

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 355-360

  Sathyamangalam, Ramesh Ve ^a   Paul, Pradeep G ^a   George, Ronnie ^a,b   Baskaran, Mani ^a   Hemamalini, Arvind ^a   Madan, Raj V ^a   Augustian, J ^a   Prema, Raju ^a   Lingam, Vijaya ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Awareness; Glaucoma; India; Knowledge; Population based study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70149089910     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.55073     Document Type: Article

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