Trends in Visual Acuity Impairment in US Adults: The 1986-1995 National Health Interview Survey

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 506-509

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS (U.S.); PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 11144358284     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.122.4.506     Document Type: Article

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