Visual impairment and unintentional injury mortality: The National Health Interview Survey 1986-1994

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1152-1154

  Lee, David J ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   Lam, Byron L ^a   Zheng, D Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPHYXIA; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLING; FIRE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IMMERSION; INJURY; INTERVIEW; INTOXICATION; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINOPATHY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0344873206     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(03)00573-7     Document Type: Article

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