Prevalence of primary open-angle Glaucoma in central South Korea: The Namil study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1024-1030

  Kim, Chang Sik ^a   Seong, Gong Je ^b   Lee, Nam Ho ^a   Song, Ki Chul ^c  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Welfare Policy Division   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PHOTOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERIMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SCREENING; SLIT LAMP; SOUTH KOREA; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 79955607089     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.10.016     Document Type: Article

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