The changing face of primary open-angle glaucoma in the United States: Demographic and geographic changes from 2011 to 2050

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Vajaranant, Thasarat S ^a   Wu, Shuang ^b   Torres, Mina ^b   Varma, Rohit ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866421013     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.02.024     Document Type: Article

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