Depression, visual acuity, comorbidity, and disability associated with age-related macular degeneration

Ophthalmology

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 1893-1900

  Brody, Barbara L ^a   Gamst, Anthony C ^a   Williams, Rebecca A ^a   Smith, Amanda R ^a   Lau, Philip W ^a   Dolnak, Douglas ^a   Rapaport, Mark H ^a   Kaplan, Robert M ^a   Brown, Stuart I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034812871     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)00754-0     Document Type: Article

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