Prevalence and 5-Year Incidence of Dual Sensory Impairment in an Older Australian Population

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-301

  Schneider, Julie ^a   Gopinath, Bamini ^b   McMahon, Catherine ^c,d   Teber, Erdahl ^b   Leeder, Stephen R ^a   Wang, Jie Jin ^b,e   Mitchell, Paul ^b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d University of Melbourne   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age Related Hearing Loss; Blue Mountains Eye Study; Blue Mountains Hearing Study; Dual Sensory Impairment; Vision Loss

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUAL SENSORY IMPAIRMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84862786778     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.02.004     Document Type: Article

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