Blindness, low vision, and other handicaps as risk factors attached to institutional residence

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1330-1337

  Bresin A P ^a   Lafuma, A ^b   Fegnani, F ^b   Mesbah, M ^c   Berdeaux, G ^c  

^a Service d'Ophtalmologie ^*  (France)

^b CEMKA EVAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 4744371066     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.039180     Document Type: Review

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