Five-year incidence of visual impairment and blindness in older Icelanders: The Reykjavik Eye Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 358-366

  Gunnlaugsdottir, Elin ^a   Arnarsson, Arsaell ^a,b   Jonasson, Fridbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Blindness; Cataract; Geographic atrophy; Incidence; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77951738838     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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