Prevalence of lens opacities in the Barbados Eye Study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 105-111

  Cristina Leske, M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO;

EID: 8044239630     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150107018     Document Type: Article

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