Vision and low self-rated health: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-54

  Wang, Jie Jin ^c   Mitchell, Paul ^b   Smith, Wayne ^a  

^a The Australian National University   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF EVALUATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0002205951     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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