Prevalence of and racial differences in pterygium: A multiethnic population study in Asians

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1509-1515

  Ang, Marcus ^a   Li, Xiang ^a   Wong, Wanling ^a,b   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Chua, Daniel ^a   Rahman, Ainur ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Tan, Donald T H ^a,b   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,b  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHINESE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84864424404     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.02.009     Document Type: Article

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