Age-specific changes in the prevalence of best-corrected visual impairment in an Italian population

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 320-326

  Cedrone, Claudio ^a   Ricci, Federico ^a   Nucci, Carlo ^a   Cesareo, Massimo ^a   Macrì, Giuseppe ^a   Culasso, Franco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age Specific; Best Corrected Visual Impairment; Changes; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; GLAUCOMA; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 36249022081     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701316116     Document Type: Article

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