Visual impairment in the 40-To 64-Year-Old population of Shahroud, Iran

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1071-1077

  Hashemi, H ^a,b   Khabazkhoob, M ^a   Emamian, M H ^c   Shariati, M ^d   Fotouhi, A ^d  

^a NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHROUD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

determinants; population based study; prevalence; Shahroud; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IRAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA EDEMA; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84864834251     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2012.94     Document Type: Article

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