Correlates of recency of eye examination among elderly African-Americans

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 91-100

  Bazargan, Mohsen ^a   Baker, Richard S ^a,b   Bazargan, Shahrzad ^a,c  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Elderly subjects; Eye examination; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MALE; MODEL; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 0031829692     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.5.2.91.1577     Document Type: Article

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