Visual impairment in Australia: Distance visual acuity, near vision, and visual field findings of the Melbourne visual impairment project

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 328-337

  Taylor, H R ^a   Livingston, P M ^a   Stanislavsky, Y L ^a   McCarty, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030900948     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)70128-X     Document Type: Article

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