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How Much Influence Do Socioeconomic Factors Have on Glaucoma Prevalence and Therapeutic Outcomes?

How Much Influence Do Socioeconomic Factors Have on Glaucoma Prevalence and Therapeutic Outcomes? EDITORIAL How Much Influence Do Socioeconomic Factors Have on Glaucoma Prevalence and Therapeutic Outcomes? HE DISASTER THAT OCCURRED IN NEW OR- pected. The International HapMap project has provided leans unveiled a view of America that few confirmatory evidence of the existence of significant ge- wish to acknowledge. The War on Pov- netic variability within specific populations and thus re- erty that was launched during the Johnson quires all of medicine to reconsider the categorization of T administration has been lost. Overly rep- the world population far differently in this postgenomic resented among the stranded American citizens were the period than in the past. disabled, the disadvantaged poor, and the rainbow of hues The Baltimore Eye Study is often quoted as the evi- represented as “people of color.” Those with the means, dence that “race” plays a role in the prevalence of glau- “the haves,” used the benefits of their resources to es- coma. This survey found that the prevalence of glau- cape the Crescent City before the arrival of the soon-to- coma among black and white individuals in the same area be-legendary hurricane. Those lacking even rudimen- of an urban community differed significantly. Self- tary skills and resources found http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA Ophthalmology American Medical Association

How Much Influence Do Socioeconomic Factors Have on Glaucoma Prevalence and Therapeutic Outcomes?

Higginbotham, Eve J.
JAMA Ophthalmology , Volume 124 (8) – Aug 1, 2006
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American Medical Association
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Copyright 2006 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
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2168-6165
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10.1001/archopht.124.8.1185
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16908823
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Abstract

EDITORIAL How Much Influence Do Socioeconomic Factors Have on Glaucoma Prevalence and Therapeutic Outcomes? HE DISASTER THAT OCCURRED IN NEW OR- pected. The International HapMap project has provided leans unveiled a view of America that few confirmatory evidence of the existence of significant ge- wish to acknowledge. The War on Pov- netic variability within specific populations and thus re- erty that was launched during the Johnson quires all of medicine to reconsider the categorization of T administration has been lost. Overly rep- the world population far differently in this postgenomic resented among the stranded American citizens were the period than in the past. disabled, the disadvantaged poor, and the rainbow of hues The Baltimore Eye Study is often quoted as the evi- represented as “people of color.” Those with the means, dence that “race” plays a role in the prevalence of glau- “the haves,” used the benefits of their resources to es- coma. This survey found that the prevalence of glau- cape the Crescent City before the arrival of the soon-to- coma among black and white individuals in the same area be-legendary hurricane. Those lacking even rudimen- of an urban community differed significantly. Self- tary skills and resources found

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Published: Aug 1, 2006

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