The Quality of Life Associated with Presbyopia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Luo, Betsy P ^a,b   Brown, Gary C ^a,c,d   Luo, Solomon C ^b,e   Brown, Melissa M ^a,d,f  

^a CENTER FOR VALUE BASED MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Eye Research Institute   (United States)

^e Progressive Vision Institute   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 41049098632     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.12.011     Document Type: Article

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