Visual impairment and general health among Danish cataract patients: Results from the Danish cataract surgery outcomes study. I

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 598-603

  Nørregaard, Jens Christian ^a,b,c   Bernth Petersen, Peter ^b   Andersen, Tavs Folmer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; General health status; Outpatient surgery; Pre operative visual acuity; Visual function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030465557     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00743.x     Document Type: Article

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