Visual impairment in adult people with intellectual disability: Literature review

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 424-438

  Warburg, M ^a,b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adults; Astigmatism; Blindness; Community health service; Deinstitutionalization; Spectacles; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BLINDNESS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DEINSTITUTIONALIZATION; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MENTAL RETARDATION; MENTALLY DISABLED PERSONS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034815446     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2788.2001.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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