Prevalence of visual impairment in the United States

JAMA

Volumn 295, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 2158-2163

  Vitale, Susan ^a   Cotch, Mary Frances ^a   Sperduto, Robert D ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646450281     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.295.18.2158     Document Type: Article

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