Effects of cataract type and location on visual function: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Eye

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 765-772

  Chua, B E ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Cumming, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blue Mountains eye study; Cataract; Cataract location; Contrast sensitivity; Glare sensitivity; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT SELECTION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 4444307128     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701366     Document Type: Article

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