The prevalence of glaucoma in Bangladesh: A population based survey in Dhaka division

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1493-1497

  Rahman, M M ^b   Rahman, N ^b   Foster, Paul J ^a,c   Haque, Z ^d   Zaman, A U ^d   Dineen, B ^e   Johnson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Islamia Eye Hospital   (Bangladesh)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CARE Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPLANATION TONOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC CUP:DISK RATIO; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC DISK CUP; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SNELLEN TEST TYPE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL EXAMINATION; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9644275243     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.043612     Document Type: Article

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