Visual impairment, optical correction, and their impact on activity limitations in elderly persons: The POLA study

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 171, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 1206-1207

  Daien, Vincent ^a,b   Pérès, Karine ^c   Villain, Max ^b   Colvez, Alain ^c   Delcourt, Cécile ^c   Carrière, Isabelle ^a  

^a INSERM U1061   (France)

^b GUI DE CHAULIAC HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTACT LENS; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENSES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPTOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79960956074     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.140     Document Type: Article

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