Prevalence and associations of cataract in indigenous Australians within central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-392

  Landers, John ^a   Henderson, Tim ^b   Craig, Jamie ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Australians; Cataract; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CORTICAL OPACITY CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR OPALESCENCE CATARACT; POSTEROPR SUBCAPSULAR CATARACT; PREVALENCE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASTIGMATISM; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954652838     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02257.x     Document Type: Article

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