Impact of gender on first eye cataract surgery and motor vehicle crash risk for older drivers

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 591-596

  Meuleners, Lynn B ^a   Ng, Jonathon Q ^b,c   Fraser, Michelle ^a   Hendrie, Delia ^b   Morlet, Nigel ^b,c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Eye and Vision Epidemiology Research Group   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Crash; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84865191518     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02751.x     Document Type: Article

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