Trends in registered blindness and its causes over 19 years in Western Australia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 35-42

  Yong, Vernon K ^a,b   Morgan, William H ^a,f   Cooper, Richard L ^c   Shaw, Mary ^d   Bremner, Alexandra P ^e   Bulsara, Max ^e   Yu, Dao Yi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Tasmanian Eye Clinics   (Australia)

^d Association for the Blind of Western Australia   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age related macula degeneration; Australia; Blindness causes; Blindness prevalence; Glaucoma; Registered blindness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

BLINDNESS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33644760304     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580500473779     Document Type: Review

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