Methods for the Hong Kong vision study: A pilot assessment of visual impairment in adults

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 57-67

  Van Newkirk, Mylan R ^a   McCarty, Cathy A ^a   Martone, James F ^b   Lam, Carly S Y ^c   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Eye disease prevalence; Hong Kong; Pilot study; Population based study; Screening study methodology; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031854661     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.5.2.57.1576     Document Type: Article

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