The prevalence and causes of visual impairment in Tehran: The Tehran Eye Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 740-745

  Fotouhi, A ^a   Hashemi, H ^b,c   Mohammad, K ^a   Jalali, K H ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AMBLYOPIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 2642540980     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.031153     Document Type: Review

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