Area deprivation, individual socioeconomic status and low vision in the EPIC-Norfolk eye study

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 204-210

  Yip, Jennifer L Y ^a,b   Luben, Robert ^a   Hayat, Shabina ^a   Khawaja, Anthony P ^a   Broadway, David C ^c   Wareham, Nick ^d   Khaw, K T ^a   Foster, Paul J ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRIVATION; EQUIPMENT; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INEQUALITIES; LIFESTYLE; LOW VISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

DEPRIVATION; INEQUALITIES; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY AREAS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; VISION SCREENING; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84894033838     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203265     Document Type: Article

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