Visual Impairment and quality of life in the Older European Population, the EUREYE study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 608-613

  Seland, Johan H ^a   Vingerling, Johannes R ^b   Augood, Cristina A ^c   Bentham, Graham ^d   Chakravarthy, Usha ^e   Dejong, Paulus T V M ^f   Rahu, Mati ^g   Soubrane, Gisele ^h   Tomazzoli, Laura ⁱ   Topouzis, Fotis ^j   Fletcher, Astrid E ^c  

^a STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^f ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^h UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

ⁱ Clinica Oculistica   (Italy)

^j ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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Author keywords

age related macular degeneration (AMD); blindness; visual acuity; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; ESTONIA; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREECE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE VISUAL FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; NORWAY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 80155201190     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01794.x     Document Type: Article

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