Dual Sensory Impairment in Older Adults Increases the Risk of Mortality: A Population-Based Study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Gopinath, Bamini ^a   Schneider, Julie ^b   McMahon, Catherine M ^c,d   Burlutsky, George ^a   Leeder, Stephen R ^b   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR CONDUCTION; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84874617383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055054     Document Type: Article

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