Eye care utilization by older adults in low, middle, and high income countries

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Vela, Claudia ^a   Samson, Elodie ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b   Haddad, Slim ^b   Aubin, Marie Josée ^c   Freeman, Ellen E ^a,c  

^a MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 84859176918     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-12-5     Document Type: Review

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