Focussing both eyes on health outcomes: Revisiting cataract surgery

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Davis, Jennifer C ^a,b   McNeill, Heather ^c   Wasdell, Michael ^c   Chunick, Susan ^c   Bryan, Stirling ^a,b  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c FRASER HEALTH AUTHORITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; Health outcomes; Visual function

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84865585277     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-12-50     Document Type: Article

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