Self-reported assessment of visual function in a population-based study: The SEE project

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 280-288

  Valbuena, Marian ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^a,d   Rubin, Gary S ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^b   West, Sheila K ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Research to Prevent Blindness Inc   (United States)

^d Brookdale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGHT VISION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GLARE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SELF DISCLOSURE; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; WALKING;

EID: 0032895406     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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