Prevalence of visual impairment in people aged 75 years and older in Britain: Results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 795-800

  Evans, J R ^a   Fletcher, A E ^b   Wormald, R P L ^a   Ng, E Siu Woon ^b   Stirling, S ^b   Smeeth, L ^b   Breeze, E ^b   Bulpitt, C J ^c   Nunes, M ^c   Jones, D ^d   Tulloch, A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLINDNESS; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SEX FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036290015     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.7.795     Document Type: Article

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