Visual acuity and quality of life outcomes in patients with cataract in Shunyi County, China

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 515-523

  Zhao, Jialiang ^a   Sui, Ruifang ^a   Jia, Lijan ^a   Fletcher, Astrid E ^b   Ellwein, Leon B ^c  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032190547     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00274-8     Document Type: Article

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