Causes of blindness and visual impairment in a population of older Americans: The Salisbury eye evaluation study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 819-825

  Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   West, Sheila K ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^b   Schein, Oliver D ^a   Quigley, Harry A ^a   Dressler, Susan B ^b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0344002670     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.6.819     Document Type: Article

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