Severity of Visual Field Loss and Health-related Quality of Life

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 143, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1013-1023

  McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a   Wu, Joanne ^b   Hays, Ron D ^c,d,e   Azen, Stanley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Health Services Research   (United States)

^e RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIPHERAL VISION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 34248591360     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.02.022     Document Type: Article

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