Functional associations of 'trouble seeing'

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 125-128

  Kington, Raynard ^a,b   Rogowski, Jeanette ^a   Lillard, Lee ^a   Lee, Paul P ^a,c,d  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

functional status; trouble seeing; vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0030945535     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-006-5008-6     Document Type: Article

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