Glaucoma in India: Estimated burden of disease

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 391-397

  George, Ronnie ^a   Ve, Ramesh S ^a   Vijaya, Lingam ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

blindness; epidemiology studies; India; population based study; primary angle closure glaucoma; primary open angle glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANDHRA PRADESH EYE DISEASE STUDY; ARAVIND COMPREHENSIVE EYE SURVEY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHENNAI GLAUCOMA STUDY; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANPOWER; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VELLORE EYE SURVEY; VISUAL FIELD; WEST BENGAL GLAUCOMA STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; SEX RATIO; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77956039505     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181c4ac5b     Document Type: Article

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