Visual impairment and eye abnormalities in Oklahoma Indians

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1699-1704

  Lee, Elisa T ^a   Russell, Dana ^a   Morris, Tracy ^a   Warn, Ann ^b   Kingsley, Ronald ^b   Ogola, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ETHNIC GROUP; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SAMPLE SIZE; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OKLAHOMA; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 28944454130     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.12.1699     Document Type: Article

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