Risk of falls and motor vehicle collisions in glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1149-1155

  Haymes, Sharon A ^a   LeBlanc, Raymond P ^a   Nicolela, Marcelo T ^a   Chiasson, Lorraine A ^a   Chauhan, Balwantray C ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FALLING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 34047260085     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0886     Document Type: Article

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