Multidisciplinary rehabilitation and monodisciplinary rehabilitation for visually impaired adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Langelaan, Maaike ^a   Van Nispen, R M A ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PATIENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 44949159776     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006543     Document Type: Review

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