Prevalence and causes of visual impairment among the elderly in Nantong, China

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1069-1075

  Li, L ^a,b   Guan, H ^a   Xun, P ^a   Zhou, J ^a   Gu, H ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOPATHY; SCORING SYSTEM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 50449103842     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2008.53     Document Type: Article

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