Prevalence and Risk Factors of Pterygium in a Southwestern Island of Japan: The Kumejima Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Shiroma, Hiroki ^a   Higa, Akiko ^a   Sawaguchi, Shoichi ^a   Iwase, Aiko ^b   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^c   Amano, Shiro ^c   Araie, Makoto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); JAPAN; JAPANESE; JOB EXPERIENCE; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SEX RATIO;

EID: 70350564182     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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