Open AccessPrevalence of glaucoma in Eastern India: The Hooghly River Glaucoma Study
Author(s) -
Chandrima Paul,
Sonali Sengupta,
Sumit Choudhury,
Souvik Banerjee,
Betsy Sleath
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.191497
Subject(s) - medicine , glaucoma , optometry , ophthalmology
Glaucoma is the leading cause of global irreversible blindness. No recent study with adequate sample size has been carried out to estimate glaucoma prevalence in Eastern India.