Long-time results and associations between subjective visual difficulties with car driving and objective visual function 5 years after cataract surgery

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-55

  Mönestam, Eva ^a   Lundqvist, Britta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33644676499     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.06.052     Document Type: Article

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