The prevalence and causes of vision loss in indigenous Australians: The national indigenous eye health survey

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 312-318

  Taylor, Hugh R ^a,b   Xie, Jing ^b,c   Fox, Sarah ^b,c   Dunn, Ross A ^b,c   Arnold, Anna Lena ^b,c   Keeffe, Jill E ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 77952373757     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03529.x     Document Type: Article

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