Function and visual impairment in a population-based study of older adults: The SEE project

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 72-82

  West, Sheila K ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^a   Schein, Oliver D ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b   Zeger, Scott ^b   German, Pearl S ^b   Fried, Linda P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

elderly; functional status; population study; racial groups; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MARYLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031033914     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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