Quality of Life and Near Vision Impairment Due to functional presbyopia among rural Chinese Adults

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4118-4123

  Lu, Qing ^a   Congdon, Nathan ^b   He, Xiangdong ^a   Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^c   Yang, Amy ^d   He, Wei ^a  

^a Shenyang He's Eye Hospital   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RASCH ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SPECTACLES; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; ASIAN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESBYOPIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 80051953680     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6353     Document Type: Article

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