Risk of falls, injurious falls, and other injuries resulting from visual impairment among older adults with age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5088-5092

  Wood, Joanne M ^a   Lacherez, Philippe ^a   Black, Alex A ^a   Cole, Michael H ^a,b   Boon, Mei Ying ^a,c   Kerr, Graham K ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FALL RISK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJURY; LACERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SHORT FORM 36; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AUSTRALIA; BINOCULAR VISION; FALLING; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUEENSLAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 80052534261     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6644     Document Type: Article

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