Mortality in blind subjects: A population-based study on social security files from Baden-Wurttemberg

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 48-53

  Krumpaszky, H G ^a,c   Dietz, K ^a   Mickler, A ^b   Selbmann, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Landessozialamt Social Services Württemberg Hohenzollern   (Germany)

^c NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blindness; Mortality; Multiple morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CHILD; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MYOPIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SECURITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 0032890252     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027393     Document Type: Article

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