The prevalence of low vision and blindness in a Canadian inner city

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 528-533

  Maberley, D A L ^a   Hollands, H ^a   Chang, A ^a   Adilman, S ^a   Chakraborti, B ^b   Kliever, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Vancouver Native Health Society Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CATARACT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEPATITIS B; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 34147180621     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702257     Document Type: Article

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