The relationship of self-rated vision and hearing to functional status and well-being among seniors 70 years and older

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 447-452

  Lee, Paul ^a,b   Smith, James P ^a   Kington, Raynard ^a,c  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

EID: 0033118190     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00418-8     Document Type: Article

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