Prevalence of uncorrected binocular distance visual acuity in Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults: Results from the HHANES and the NHANES I

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 552-560

  Lee, David J ^a,b   Gomez Marin, Orlando ^a   Lam, Byron L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Dept of Epidemiol and Pub Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0031915516     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)93042-1     Document Type: Article

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