Eye care utilization by older Americans: The SEE project

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 904-909

  Orr, Peggy ^a   Barrón, Yolanda ^a   Schein, Oliver D ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^a   West, Sheila K ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE DISEASE; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033511291     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00508-4     Document Type: Article

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