Causes of visual impairment in two older population cross-sections: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 215-225

  Foran, Suriya ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Blindness; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Cataract; Glaucoma; Population based cohort; Visual acuity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 0041376536     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.4.215.15906     Document Type: Article

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