Prevalence of visual impairment, blindness, and cataract surgery in the Hong Kong elderly

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-139

  Michon, John J ^a,c   Lau, Joseph ^a   Wing, Shing Chan ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HONG KONG; HOUSING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036163767     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.2.133     Document Type: Article

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