Vision impairment predicts 5 year mortality

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 322-326

  McCarty, C A ^a   Nanjan, M B ^a   Taylor, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0035087671     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.3.322     Document Type: Article

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