Cataract and glaucoma case detection for Vision 2020 programs in Africa: An evaluation of 6 possible screening tests

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 557-562

  Cook, Colin ^a   Cockburn, Nicole ^a   Van Der Merwe, Junet ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glaucoma screening; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; OPTIC DISK; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TONOMETRY; VALIDATION STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 70349755996     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e318193c15b     Document Type: Article

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