Disparity in prevalence of self-reported visual impairment in older adults among U.S. race-ethnic subgroups

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 144-150

  Lam, Byron L ^a   Lee, David J ^a,b   Zheng, D Diane ^b   Davila, Evelyn P ^b   Christ, Sharon L ^c   Arheart, Kristopher L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Aged; Blacks; Chinese Americans; Dominicans; Hispanics; Native Americans; Puerto Ricans; Visual impairment; Whites

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CENTRAL AMERICA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 67149139967     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580902863007     Document Type: Article

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