Health literacy and vision-related quality of life

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 779-782

  Muir, K W ^a,b   Santiago Turla, C ^a   Stinnett, S S ^a   Herndon, L W ^a   Allingham, R R ^a   Challa, P ^a   Lee, P P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; WELLBEING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45249099121     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.134452     Document Type: Article

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