Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment among the elderly in rural southern Harbin, China

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 334-338

  Li, Zhijian ^a   Cui, Hao ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Zhang, Liqiong ^a   Yang, Hongbin ^a   Zhang, Lu ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; Population based; Prevalence; Rural area; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHINA; CORNEAL OPACITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 53749092316     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802227386     Document Type: Article

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