Prevalence and Causes of Low Vision and Blindness in a Japanese Adult Population. The Tajimi Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1354-1362.e1

  Iwase, Aiko ^a   Araie, Makoto ^b   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^b   Yamamoto, Tetsuya ^c   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^c   Kitazawa, Yoshiaki ^d  

^a Tajimi Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Akasaka Kitazawa Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ASIAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33747124421     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.04.022     Document Type: Article

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