Non-standard vision measures predict mortality in elders: The smith-kettlewell institute (SKI) study

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 242-250

  Lott, Lori A ^a   Schneck, Marilyn E ^a,b   Haegerström Portnoy, Gunilla ^a,b   Brabyn, John A ^a  

^a SMITH KETTLEWELL EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Attentional visual fields; Mortality; SKILL Dark Acuity; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; COMORBIDITY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; STROKE; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CALIFORNIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77954854841     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.498660     Document Type: Article

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