Visual acuity and quality of life in patients with cataract in Doumen County, China

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1609-1615

  He, Mingguang ^a   Xu, Jingjing ^a   Li, Shaozhen ^a   Wu, Kaili ^a   Munoz, Sergio R ^b   Ellwein, Leon B ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033490195     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90460-8     Document Type: Article

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