Refractive errors and visual acuity impairment among self-selected Hispanic, white, and black adults examined by the UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic

Optometry

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 724-734

  Macias, Eduardo P ^a   Lee, David A ^a,b   Oelrich, Faye O ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnicity; Gender; Impaired visual acuity; Poor; Refractive errors; Underserved

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033219586     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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