Vision impairment and major causes of vision loss impacts on vision-specific functioning independent of socioeconomic factors

Ophthalmology

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 415-422

  Chiang, Peggy P C ^a,b   Zheng, Yingfeng ^a   Wong, Tien Y ^a,c,d   Lamoureux, Ecosse L ^a,c  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISION; VISION SPECIFIC FUNCTIONING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SINGAPORE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84873307888     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.07.077     Document Type: Article

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