Visual Acuity and Mortality in a Chinese Population. The Tanjong Pagar Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 802-807

  Foong, Athena W P ^a,b   Fong, Chee Weng ^c   Wong, Tien Y ^a,b,d   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b   Heng, Derrick ^c   Foster, Paul J ^e  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STROKE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 42649145073     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.04.066     Document Type: Article

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