Differences in rates of glaucoma among Asian Americans and other racial groups, and among various Asian ethnic groups

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1031-1037

  Stein, Joshua D ^a,c   Kim, Denise S ^a   Niziol, Leslie M ^a   Talwar, Nidhi ^a   Nan, Bin ^b   Musch, David C ^a,b   Richards, Julia E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; GLAUCOMA; HAZARD RATIO; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79957987917     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.10.024     Document Type: Article

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