The changing face of the visually impaired: The Kooyong low vision clinic's past, present, and future

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 747-754

  Wolffsohn, James S ^a   Cochrane, Anthea L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demographics; Low vision; Rehabilitation; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

HANDICAPPED PERSONS; HUMAN REHABILITATION ENGINEERING; PATIENT REHABILITATION;

VISUALLY IMPAIRED;

VISION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DEMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VICTORIA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033230439     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199911000-00023     Document Type: Article

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