Research into Glaucoma and Ethnicity (ReGAE) 8: Is there a relationship between social deprivation and acute primary angle closure?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1304-1306

  Nessim, Maged ^a   Denniston, Alastair Keith ^a   Nolan, Winifred ^a   Holder, Roger ^b   Shah, Peter ^a,c  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN POPULATION;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 77958593771     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.160721     Document Type: Article

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