The EPIC-Norfolk eye study: Rationale, methods and a cross-sectional analysis of visual impairment in a population-based cohort

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Khawaja, Anthony P ^a   Chan, Michelle P Y ^b   Hayat, Shabina ^a   Broadway, David C ^c   Luben, Robert ^a   Garway Heath, David F ^d   Sherwin, Justin C ^a   Yip, Jennifer L Y ^a   Dalzell, Nichola ^a   Wareham, Nicholas J ^e   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a   Foster, Paul J ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; BLINDNESS; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERIMETRY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCANNING LASER POLARIMETRY; SMOKING; TONOMETRY; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84876125789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-002684     Document Type: Article

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