Pterygium: prevalence and severity in an Amazonian ophthalmic setting, Brazil Pterígio: prevalência e gravidade em um cenário oftálmico na Amazônia, Brasil

Pterygium: prevalence and severity in an Amazonian ophthalmic setting, Brazil Pterígio: prevalência e gravidade em um cenário oftálmico na Amazônia, Brasil

OBJECTIVE: This is a cross sectional ophthalmic clinic-based study to estimate the prevalence and severity of pterygium in a selected population in the Amazon Basin, Brazil. METHODS: The study included 225 subjects above 20 years age from three different places of residence of Manaus city (group 1,...

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Main Authors: Sophie Joanna Coutts, Andrew Coombes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Oftalmologia 2012-12-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Oftalmologia
Subjects:
Pterígio
Prevalência
Saúde pública
Índice de gravidade da doença
Luz solar
Pterygium
Prevalence
Public health
Severity of illness index
Sunlight
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-72802012000600006

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