Recent trends in visual impairment and blindness in the UK

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1099-1104

  Bodeau Livinec, Florence ^a   Surman, Geraldine ^a   Kaminski, Monique ^b   Wilkinson, Andrew R ^c   Ancel, Pierre Yves ^b   Kurinczuk, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REGISTER; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BLINDNESS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; MALE; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 36849078831     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.117416     Document Type: Article

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