Glaucoma prevalence in Indigenous Australians

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 926-930

  Chua, Brian E ^a   Xie, Jing ^a,b   Arnold, Anna Lena ^a,b   Koukouras, Ignatios ^a   Keeffe, Jill E ^a,b   Taylor, Hugh R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK CUP RATIO; OPTIC DISK DIAMETER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OPTIC DISK; POPULATION GROUPS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79959348344     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.192716     Document Type: Article

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