Educating older African Americans about the preventive importance of routine comprehensive eye care

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1089-1095

  Owsley, Cynthia ^a   McGwin Jr , Gerald ^a   Stalvey, Beth T ^a   Weston, June ^a   Searcey, Karen ^a   Girkin, Christopher A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Education; Ophthalmic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COST; EYE CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPECTACLES;

EID: 52449134873     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-9684(15)31450-4     Document Type: Article

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