Changes in patterns of age-related visual impairment in the Netherlands: A comparison of two cohorts of patients referred to rehabilitation programs 10 years apart

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 370-375

  Van Rens, Ger H M B ^a   Lens, Judith A ^b   De Boer, Michael R ^c  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATHOGENESIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33748794240     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0610000608     Document Type: Article

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