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Stein, J.D., Lee, P.P. (2008). Age and Racial Variation in the Prevalence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in the USA. In: Tombran-Tink, J., Barnstable, C.J., Shields, M.B. (eds) Mechanisms of the Glaucomas. Ophthalmology Research™. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-373-8_1
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