Visual impairment and blindness in Spanish adults: Geographic inequalities are not explained by age or education

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 408-416

  Rius, Anna ^a   Artazcoz, Lucía ^b,c,d,e   Guisasola, Laura ^a   Benach, Joan ^d  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE SANT PAU IIB SANT PAU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891633266     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.07.017     Document Type: Article

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