Prevalence of Vision Impairment in Older Adults in Rural China. The China Nine-Province Survey

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Zhao, Jialiang ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^b   Cui, Hao ^c   Ge, Jian ^d   Guan, Huaijin ^e   Lv, Jianhua ^f   Ma, Xianzhi ^g   Yin, Jinglin ^h   Yin, Zheng Qin ⁱ   Yuan, Yuansheng ^j   Liu, Hu ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Xingtai Eye Hospital   (China)

^g People's Hospital   (China)

^h Jiangxi People's Hospital   (China)

ⁱ THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^j Yunnan Education College   (China)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77049122736     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.11.023     Document Type: Article

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