The influence of central corneal thickness on intraocular pressure measured by goldmann applanation tonometry among selected Ethiopian communities

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 514-518

  Gelaw, Yeshigeta ^a   Kollmann, Martin ^b   Irungu, Njuguna M ^b   Ilako, Dunera R ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TONOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958554011     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IJG.0b013e3181ca7708     Document Type: Article

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