Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in Icelanders aged 50 years and older: The Reykjavik Eye Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 778-785

  Gunnlaugsdottir, Elin ^a   Arnarsson, Arsaell ^a,b   Jonasson, Fridbert ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^c LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Blindness; Geographic atrophy; Prevalence; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CENTRAL RETINA VEIN OCCLUSION; CHORIORETINITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; ICELAND; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCULAR ALBINISM; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBLYOPIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; ICELAND; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISION, MONOCULAR;

EID: 55449086412     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01191.x     Document Type: Article

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