Prevalence of usual-corrected binocular distance visual acuity impairment in Hispanic and non-Hispanic adults

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 73-83

  Lam, Byron L ^a   Lee, David J ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Hispanics; Population based study; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL AID; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0034107880     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/0928-6586(200003)711-2FT073     Document Type: Article

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