Blindness and visual impairment in Germany-a slight fall in prevalence;Blindheit und Sehbehinderung in Deutschland: Leichter Rückgang der Prävalenz

Deutsches Arzteblatt International

Volumn 109, Issue 27-28, 2012, Pages 484-489

  Finger, Robert P ^a,b   Bertram, Bernd ^c   Wolfram, Christian ^d   Holz, Frank G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Ophthalmological Practice   (Germany)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DETERIORATION; DISABILITY SEVERITY; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL AND STATISTICAL PROCEDURES; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; PREVALENCE; SENESCENCE; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STATISTICS ON SEVERE DISABILITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84899772110     PISSN: 18660452     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3238/arztebl.2012.0484     Document Type: Article

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