The prevalence of combined vision impairment and hearing loss: The importance of comorbidity studies;De prevalentie van gecombineerde visus- en gehoorbeperking: Het belang van comorbiditeitsonderzoek

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 151, Issue 26, 2007, Pages 1451-1453

  Slaets, J P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34447295670     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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