A population-based survey of the prevalence and types of glaucoma in central Iran: The Yazd eye study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1977-1984

  Pakravan, Mohammad ^a   Yazdani, Shahin ^a   Javadi, Mohammad Ali ^a   Amini, Heidar ^b   Behroozi, Zohreh ^a   Ziaei, Hossein ^a   Katibeh, Marzieh ^a   Solaimanizad, Reza ^c   Ghahari, Elham ^a   Yaseri, Mehdi ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE DISEASE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; IRAN; LOW TENSION GLAUCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY ANGLE CLOSURE SUSPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84885022587     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.02.029     Document Type: Article

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