Self-Reported Use of Eye Care among Latinos. The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Morales, Leo S ^a   Varma, Rohit ^b   Paz, Sylvia H ^c   Lai, Mei Ying ^b   Mazhar, Kashif ^b   Andersen, Ronald M ^c   Azen, Stanley P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 75149151773     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.07.015     Document Type: Article

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