Incidence of blindness and low vision in a sample population the Priverno eye study, Italy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 584-588

  Cedrone, Claudio ^a   Culasso, Franco ^b   Cesareo, Massimo ^a   Nucci, Carlo ^a   Palma, Stefano ^c   Mancino, Raffaele ^a   Cerulli, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0037370537     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01898-5     Document Type: Article

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