Disparities in awareness and use of low-vision rehabilitation

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 686-691

  Mwilambwe, Annick ^a   Wittich, Walter ^b,c   Freeman, Ellen E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Awareness; Canada; Disparities; Low vision rehabilitation; Participation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; SAMPLE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 72849146629     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/i09-179     Document Type: Article

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