Prevalence of uveitis in indigenous populations presenting to remote clinics of central Australia: The central Australian ocular health study

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 448-453

  Chang, John H ^a   Landers, John ^a   Henderson, Tim R M ^b   Craig, Jamie E ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Australian; Epidemiology; Ocular Health Study; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN; INFECTION; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREVALENCE; TOXOPLASMOSIS; UVEITIS; ABORIGINE; AGED; CLASSIFICATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 84155182832     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02726.x     Document Type: Article

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