Causes of blindness in the year 2000 in Israel

Harefuah

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 94-96+160

  Avisar, Rahamim ^a   Bahar, Irit ^a   Weinberger, Dov ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Blindness; Diabetes mellitus; Glaucoma; Israel; Macular degeneration; Visual field loss

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE DISEASES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ISRAEL; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0037325897     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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