Central and Peripheral Visual Impairment and the Risk of Falls and Falls with Injury

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Patino, Cecilia M ^a   McKean Cowdin, Roberta ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a   Allison, Jessica Chung ^a   Choudhury, Farzana ^a   Varma, Rohit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CENTRAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECCHYMOSIS; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART INFARCTION; HIP FRACTURE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL VISION; PERIPHERAL VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIB FRACTURE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SKIN CANCER; SPECTACLES; STROKE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WRIST FRACTURE;

EID: 75149148236     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.06.063     Document Type: Article

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