Incidence of blindness and severe visual impairment in Germany: Projections for 2030

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4381-4389

  Finger, Robert P ^a,b   Fimmers, Rolf ^a   Holz, Frank G ^a   Scholl, Hendrik P N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC EYE DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; GERMANY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052335892     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6987     Document Type: Article

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