Refractive error, axial dimensions, and primary open-angle glaucoma: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 900-905

  Perera, Shamira A ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,c   Tay, Wan Ting ^a   Foster, Paul J ^d   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Aung, Tin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77955004531     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.125     Document Type: Article

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