Planning a health education programme for the elderly visually impaired person - A focus group study

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 515-522

  Dahlin Ivanoff, S ^a   Sjostrand J ^b   Klepp, K I ^b   Axelsson Lind, L ^b   Lundgren Lindqvist, B ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Activities of daily living (ADL); Age related macular degeneration; Focus groups; Health education programme

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SENESCENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029850414     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638289609166038     Document Type: Article

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