6220 Institutionalised people with intellectual disability referred for visual assessment between 1993 and 2003: Overview and trends

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1297-1303

  Van Isterdael, C E D ^b   Stilma, J S ^c   Bezemer, P D ^d   Tijmes, N T ^a,b  

^a Medische Dienst ^*  (Netherlands)

^b Bartimeus Institute   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^d VU Medical Centre   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 33750354824     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.096404     Document Type: Article

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