Presbyopia and near-vision impairment in rural northern China

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2300-2305

  Lu, Qing ^a   He, Wei ^a   Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^b   He, Xiangdong ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^c   Zhang, Lirong ^a   Li, Ling ^a   Yang, Jian ^a  

^a Shenyang He Eye Hospital   (China)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NEAR VISION IMPAIRMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79956008753     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6569     Document Type: Article

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