Visual acuity thresholds for cataract surgery and the changing Australian Population

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1750-1753

  Taylor, Hugh R ^a   Vu, Hien T V ^b   Keeffe, Jill E ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; URBAN POPULATION; VICTORIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33845495624     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.12.1750     Document Type: Article

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