Vision-specific quality-of-life research: A need to improve the quality

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Lamoureux, Ecosse ^a   Pesudovs, Konrad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASCH ANALYSIS; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78751658163     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.09.020     Document Type: Editorial

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