A prevalence survey of blindness and visual impairment in adults aged equal or more than 60 years in beixinjing blocks of Shanghai, China

Chinese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 786-792

  Huang, Xiao Bo ^a   Zou, Hai Dong ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Wang, Wei Wei ^a   Fu, Jiong ^a   Shen, Bin Jie ^a   Xie, Tian Hua ^a   Chen, Yi Hui ^a   Xu, Xun ^a   Zhang, Xl ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; Data collection; Epidemiology; Low; Prevalence; Shanghai; Vision

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 70349751794     PISSN: 04124081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.04124081.2009.09.005     Document Type: Article

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