Singapore Malay Eye Study: Rationale and methodology of 6-year follow-up study (SiMES-2)

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-568

  Rosman, Mohamad ^a,b   Zheng, Yingfeng ^b   Wong, Wanling ^b   Lamoureux, Ecosse ^b,e   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b,c   Tay, Wan Ting ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^e,f   Mitchell, Paul ^f   Tai, E Shyong ^d   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,c,e  

^a SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d Dept Medicine Endocrinol Diabet   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epidemiological study; Follow up study; Singaporean Malays

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; OPTIC DISK; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RETINA; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84865155520     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2012.02763.x     Document Type: Article

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