Global variations and time trends in the prevalence of primary open angle glaucoma (POAG): A systematic review and meta-analysis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 86-93

  Kapetanakis, Venediktos V ^a   Chan, Michelle P Y ^b   Foster, Paul J ^b,c   Cook, Derek G ^a   Owen, Christopher G ^a   Rudnicka, Alicja R ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUCASIAN; EAST ASIAN; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH ASIAN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREND STUDY; VISUAL FIELD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84952639524     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307223     Document Type: Review

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