Baseline traits of low vision patients served by private outpatient clinical centers in the United States

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1028-1037

  Goldstein, Judith E ^a   Massof, Robert W ^a   Deremeik, James T ^a   Braudway, Sonya ^b   Jackson, Mary Lou ^c   Kehler, K Bradley ^d   Primo, Susan A ^e   Sunness, Janet S ^f  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Retina and Macular Disease   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

^f GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; ENDURANCE; FEMALE; FRUSTRATION; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REHABILITATION CARE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865604031     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2012.1197     Document Type: Article

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