Ophthalmology
Volume 115, Issue 12 , Pages 2153-2158, December 2008

Nine-Year Incidence and Risk Factors for Pterygium in the Barbados Eye Studies

  • Barbara Nemesure, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Barbara Nemesure, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, L3 086, Stony Brook, NY 11794-8036
    • ,
  • Suh-Yuh Wu, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
    • ,
  • Anselm Hennis, PhD, FRCP

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
    • Ministry of Health, Bridgetown, Barbados
    • Chronic Disease Research Centre, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies
    • ,
  • M. Cristina Leske, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
    • ,
  • Barbados Eye Studies Group

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive Medicine, Stony Brook University School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York
    • Ministry of Health, Bridgetown, Barbados
    • Chronic Disease Research Centre, Tropical Medicine Research Institute, University of the West Indies, Barbados, West Indies
    • Wilmer Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
    • For group membership, see Leske MC, Wu SY, Hennis A, et al. Nine-year incidence of age related macular degeneration in the Barbados Eye Studies. Ophthalmology 2006;113:29-35.

Received 25 March 2008; received in revised form 2 June 2008; accepted 1 August 2008. published online 20 October 2008.

Available online: October 18, 2008.

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 Manuscript no. 2008-307.

 Financial Disclosure(s): The authors have no proprietary or commercial interest in any materials discussed in this article.

 Supported by Grants EY07625 and EY07617 from the National Eye Institute, Bethesda, Maryland.

PII: S0161-6420(08)00742-2

doi:10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.08.003

Ophthalmology
Volume 115, Issue 12 , Pages 2153-2158, December 2008

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