A comprehensive assessment of visual impairment in a population of older Americans: The SEE Study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 557-568

  Rubin, Gary S ^a,c   West, Sheila K ^b   Muñoz, Beatriz ^b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a   Zeger, Scott ^a   Schein, Oliver ^b   Fried, Linda P ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Lions Vision Center   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; contrast sensitivity; elderly; glare sensitivity; stereoacuity; visual acuity; visual fields; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARYLAND; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0030952881     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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