Prevalence of visual impairment in relation to the number of ophthalmologists in a given area: A nationwide approach

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lafuma, Antoine J ^a   Brézin, Antoine P ^b   Fagnani, Francis L ^a   Mesbah, Mounir ^c   Berdeaux, Gilles H ^d,e  

^a CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^b Service d'Ophtalmologie ^*  (France)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d Bioinformatique et Chimie Moléculaire   (France)

^e Alcon France ^*  (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY; FRANCE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33746122243     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-4-34     Document Type: Article

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