Rationale, methods and baseline demographics of the Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-134

  Thapa, Suman S ^a   Rana, Pooja P ^b   Twayana, Shankhar N ^a   Shrestha, Mohan K ^a   Paudel, Indira ^a   Paudyal, Govinda ^a   Gurung, Reeta ^a   Ruit, Sanduk ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^c   Craig, Jamie E ^d   van Rens, Ger ^e  

^a TILGANGA INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Nepal)

^b HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Genetics; Glaucoma; Nepal; Population based studies; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; SAMPLE SIZE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79952652314     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2010.02429.x     Document Type: Article

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