Prevalence and causes of vision impairment and blindness in older adults in Brazil: The Sao Paulo eye study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 167-175

  Salomão, Solange R ^a   Cinoto, Rafael W ^a   Berezovsky, Adriana ^a   Araujo Filho, Arnaud ^a   Mitsuhiro, Marcia R K H ^a   Mendieta, Luana ^a   Morales, Paulo H A ^a   Pokharel, Gopal P ^b   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Blindness; Low income; Prevalence; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CATARACT; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45749154175     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701843812     Document Type: Article

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