Causes of blindness and visual impairment in a population-based sample of U.S. Hispanics

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 737-743

  Rodriguez, Jorge ^a   Sanchez, Rosario ^b   Munoz, Beatriz ^b   West, Sheila K ^b,d   Broman, Aimee ^b   Snyder, Robert W ^a   Klein, Ronald ^c   Quigley, Harry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNIC GROUP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036209840     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(01)01008-9     Document Type: Article

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