Low vision rehabilitation in a nursing home population: The SEEING study

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 701-714

  Deremeik, James ^a   Broman, Aimee T ^a   Friedman, David ^a   West, Sheila K ^a   Massof, Robert ^a   Park, William ^a   Bandeen Roche, Karen ^b   Frick, Kevin ^b   Muñoz, Beatriz ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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EID: 37249041946     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0710101104     Document Type: Article

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