Who participates in population based studies of visual impairment? The Salisbury eye evaluation project experience

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-59

  Muñoz, Beatriz ^a   West, Sheila ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^b   Schein, Oliver D ^a   Fried, Linda P ^b   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Differential Response Rates; Disease Prevalence; Functional Status; Population Based; Visual Function; Visual Impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARYLAND; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS;

EID: 17044461436     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00026-X     Document Type: Article

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