Literacy is an independent risk factor for vision impairment and poor visual functioning

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 7634-7639

  Zheng, Yingfeng ^a,b   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c   Chiang, Peggy Pei Chia ^a   Cheng, Ching Yu ^a,d   Anuar, Ainur Rahman ^a,e   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d   Aung, Tin ^a,d   Wong, Tien Yin ^a,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WRITING; ASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; RISK FACTORS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WRITING;

EID: 84862832908     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7725     Document Type: Article

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