Gender differences in the utilisation of optometric services in Victoria

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-112

  Harris, Ben ^a   Sampson, Geoff ^a  

^a Optometrists Association Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gender; Optometric services; Utilisation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPTOMETRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY; VICTORIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; SEX FACTORS; VICTORIA;

EID: 18344382921     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2005.tb06676.x     Document Type: Article

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