Impact of glaucoma, lens opacities, and ataract surgery on visual functioning and related quality of life: The Barbados Eye Studies

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 1333-1338

  Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Hennis, Anselm ^a,b,c   Nemesure, Barbara ^a   CristinaLeske, M ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COLOR VISION; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; VISUAL ACUITY; APHAKIA; BARBADOS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH STATUS; LENS IMPLANTATION; NEGRO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; BARBADOS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45549109717     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1252     Document Type: Article

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