Risk factors for primary open-angle glaucoma in South Korea: The Namil study

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 324-329

  Kim, Martha ^a   Kim, Tae Woo ^a   Park, Ki Ho ^b   Kim, Joon Mo ^c  

^a Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Normal tension glaucoma; Open angle glaucoma; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH KOREA; THYROID DISEASE;

AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL FIELD TESTS; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84863878768     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-012-0153-4     Document Type: Article

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