The British Asian Community Eye Study: Outline of results on the prevalence of eye disease in British Asians with origins from the Indian subcontinent

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 53-58

  Rauf, Abdul ^a   Malik, Rizwan ^b   Bunce, Catey ^c   Wormald, Richard ^c,d  

^a QUEEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Asians; eye disease prevalence; eye health care planning; Indian subcontinent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84875760135     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.107191     Document Type: Article

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