Glaucoma in indigenous Australians

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1614-1615

  Landers, John ^a   Henderson, Tim ^b   Craig, Jamie ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LETTER; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 80054925753     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300430     Document Type: Letter

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