Changing threshold for cataract surgery in Denmark between 1980 and 1992: Results from the Danish cataract surgery outcomes study. II

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 604-608

  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 extraction; Comparative study; Health care; Surgical indication; Visual acuity; Visual function

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; SELF CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030467756     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00744.x     Document Type: Article

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