Surveillance of disparities in vision and eye health in the United States: An expert panel's opinions

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 154, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2012, Pages

  Lee, Paul P ^a   West, Sheila K ^b   Block, Sandra S ^c   Clayton, Janine ^d   Cotch, Mary Frances ^e   Flynn, Colin ^f   Geiss, Linda S ^g   Klein, Ronald ^h   Olsen, Timothy W ⁱ   Owsley, Cynthia ^j   Primo, Susan A ⁱ   Rubin, Gary S ^k   Ryskulova, Asel ^l   Sharma, Sanjay ^m   Friedman, David S ^b   Zhang, Xinzhi ^g   Crews, John E ^g   Saaddine, Jinan B ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ILLINOIS COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

ⁱ EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^l NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^m QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EXPERT TESTIMONY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION SCREENING; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 84869033595     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2012.09.006     Document Type: Article

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