Visual function versus visual acuity in older people

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 262-268

  Hidalgo, Jess Lpez Torres ^a,b   Martlnez, Ignacio Prraga ^a   Bravo, Beatriz Navarro ^a,b   Pretel, Fernando Andrs ^a   Ferrer, Alejandro Villena ^a   Verdejo, Maria Ngeles Lpez ^b,c  

^a Health Care Service of Castilla La Mancha (SESCAM)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Health of the elderly; Low vision; Visual acuity; Visually impaired persons

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; KATZ INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCREENING; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 71049135693     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580902999397     Document Type: Article

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