Longitudinal changes in visual acuity and visual ability in a cohort followed from the age of 70 to 88 years

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 286-292

  Bergman, Birgitta ^a,b   Bergström, Anders ^a   Sjöstrand, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Longitudinal; Population study; Visual ability; Visual acuity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SPECTACLES; SWEDEN; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032972835     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770308.x     Document Type: Article

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