Vision Impairment, Ocular Conditions, and Vision-specific Function: The Singapore Malay Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1973-1981

  Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a   Chong, Elaine W ^a   Thumboo, Julian ^b   Wee, Hwee Lin ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a,c   Saw, Seang Mei ^d   Aung, Tin ^d,e   Wong, Tien Y ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 54949144376     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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