Prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in a rural southwest island of Japan: The Kumejima study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2315-2321

  Nakamura, Yuko ^a   Tomidokoro, Atsuo ^b   Sawaguchi, Shoichi ^a   Sakai, Hiroshi ^a   Iwase, Aiko ^c   Araie, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Tajimi Iwase Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BILATERAL LOW VISION; BLINDNESS; BODY WEIGHT; CATARACT; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; JAPAN; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCULAR LOW VISION; MONOCULAR VISION; MYOPIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 78649831808     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.03.043     Document Type: Article

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