Prevalence of chronic ocular diseases in a genetic isolate: The norfolk island eye study (NIES)

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 61-71

  Sherwin, Justin C ^a   Kearns, Lisa S ^a   Hewitt, Alex W ^a   Ma, Yaling ^a,b   Kelly, John ^c   Griffiths, Lyn R ^d   MacKey, David A ^a,e,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Norfolk Island ^*  (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Epidemiology; Genetics; Glaucoma; Macular degeneration; Norfolk Island; Pitcairn Island; Population isolates

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PITCAIRN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SLIT LAMP; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNILATERAL BLINDNESS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MELANESIA; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952687085     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.545933     Document Type: Article

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