Five-year change in visual acuity following cataract surgery in an older community: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 278-282

  Panchapakesan, J ^a   Rochtchina, E ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related maculopathy; Cataract; Cataract surgery; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SLIT LAMP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1842430837     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6700641     Document Type: Article

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