Prevalence of visual impairment among adults in China: The Beijing Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-593

  Xu, Liang ^a   Cui, Tongtong ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Hu, Ailian ^a   Ma, Ke ^a   Zheng, Yuanyuan ^a   Sun, Baochen ^a   Li, Jianjun ^a   Fan, Guizhi ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^b,c  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33144480272     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.10.018     Document Type: Article

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