Self-reported age-related eye diseases and visual impairment in the United States: Results of the 2002 National Health Interview Survey

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 454-461

  Ryskulova, Asel ^a   Turczyn, Kathleen ^a   Makuc, Diane M ^a   Cotch, Mary Frances ^b   Klein, Richard J ^a   Janiszewski, Rosemary ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 40449114020     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.098202     Document Type: Article

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