The prevalence and causes of visual impairment in indigenous Australians within central Australia: The Central Australian Ocular Health Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1140-1144

  Landers, John ^a   Henderson, T ^b   Craig, J ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; VERY ELDERLY; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956601879     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.168146     Document Type: Article

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