Severity of concurrent visual and hearing impairment and mortality: The 1986-1994 National Health Interview Survey

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 382-396

  Lee, David J ^a   Gómez Marín, Orlando ^a   Lam, Byron L ^a   Zheng, D Diane ^a   Arheart, Kristopher L ^a   Christ, Sharon L ^b   Caban, Alberto J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Hearing impairment; Mortality; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MORTALITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEARING DISORDERS; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34248340442     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264307300174     Document Type: Article

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