Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in elderly Amis aborigines in eastern Taiwan (the Amis Eye Study)

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 624-630

  Chen, Nancy ^a   Huang, Tzu Lun ^a,b   Tsai, Rong Kung ^a,b   Sheu, Min Muh ^a,b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TZU CHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amis elderly aborigines; Blindness; Low vision; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CORNEA OPACITY; CRITERION VARIABLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETRY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; TAIWAN; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84872184598     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: 16132246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-012-0178-8     Document Type: Article

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