Reframing the US preventive services task force recommendations on screening for glaucoma

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 158, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 860-862.e1

  Parrish, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE EXAMINATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE INJURY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; SCREENING; SHORT SURVEY; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; AGED; FEMALE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AGED; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908611592     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2014.08.004     Document Type: Editorial

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