Health anxiety in a non-population-based, pre-publicised glaucoma screening exercise

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 699-705

  Hollo G ^a   Kothy P ^a   Geczy A ^b   Vargha, P ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Case finding; Glaucoma; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRESBYOPIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 77951118171     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.131     Document Type: Article

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