The Toronto epidemiology glaucoma survey: A pilot study

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-357

  Anraku, Ayako ^a,b   Jin, Ya Ping ^a   Butty, Ziad ^a   Jinapriya, Delan ^a,c   Alasbali, Tariq ^a,d   Mammo, Zaid ^a   Flanagan, John G ^a,e   Trope, Graham E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TOHO UNIVERSITY OHASHI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH PRESSURE GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOW PRESSURE GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC DISK; PACHYMETRY; PERIMETRY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION GLAUCOMA; RETINOGRAPHY; TELEPHONE; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84455188398     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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