Vision Screening in the Elderly

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 355-362

  Jung, Susan ^a   Coleman, Anne ^a,b,c   Weintraub, Nancy T ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CORTICOSTEROID; ZINC;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG USE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LASER COAGULATION; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SAFETY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; TRABECULECTOMY; TRABECULOPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 34347390847     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2007.01.096     Document Type: Review

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