Visual impairment and eye care among Alaska native people

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-174

  Haymes, Sharon A ^a,c   Leston, Jessica D ^a   Ferucci, Elizabeth D ^a   Etzel, Ruth A ^b   Lanier, Anne P ^a  

^a ALASKA NATIVE TRIBAL HEALTH CONSORTIUM   (United States)

^b SOUTHCENTRAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c C DCHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska native; Cataract; Diabetes; Dilated eye examination; Glaucoma; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESKIMO; ETHNOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALASKA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INUITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67149128724     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580902738167     Document Type: Article

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