Disparities between ambient, standard lighting and retinal acuities in community-dwelling older people: Implications for disability

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1713-1718

  Albert, Steven M ^a   Bear Lehman, Jane ^b   Burkhardt, Ann ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability; Lighting; Older adults; RAM; Retinal acuity; Retinal acuity meter; Screening; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINA; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; SELF CARE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33750532976     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00922.x     Document Type: Article

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