Glaucoma blind registration in Fife (2000-2009) - a retrospective cohort study

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 360-366

  O'Colmain, Una ^a   Anijeet, Deepa ^b   Vosoughi, Marcus ^c   Sinclair, Anne ^b   Sanders, Roshini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARGARET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Lynebank Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blind registration; Glaucoma; Low vision services; Scottish optometry contract

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BLINDNESS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCOTLAND;

EID: 79958781962     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2011.00849.x     Document Type: Article

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