The yazd eye study - A population-based survey of adults aged 40-80 years: Rationale, study design and baseline population data

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-69

  Katibeh, Marzieh ^a   Ziaei, Hossein ^a   Pakravan, Mohammad ^a   Dehghan, Mohammad H ^a   Ramezani, Alireza ^a   Amini, Haydar ^b   Yazdani, Shahin ^a   Solaimanizad, Reza ^a,c   Yaseri, Mehdi ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic retinopathy; Epidemiologic research design; Eye diseases; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORNEA THICKNESS; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOLDMANN APPLANATION TONOMETER; GONIOSCOPY; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SLIT LAMP; STUDY DESIGN; TONOMETRY; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84873053284     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.744844     Document Type: Article

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