Four-Year Incidence and Progression of Visual Impairment in Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 713-727

  Varma, Rohit ^a   Chung, Jessica ^a   Foong, Athena W P ^a   Torres, Mina ^a   Choudhury, Farzana ^a   Azen, Stanley P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77950845331     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.12.011     Document Type: Article

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