Impact of Bilateral Visual Impairment on Health-Related Quality of Life: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-76

  Chia, Ee Munn ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Rochtchina, Elena ^a   Smith, Wayne ^c   Cumming, Robert R ^a,b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STROKE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 0346727564     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0661     Document Type: Article

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