Vision impairment and dual sensory problems in middle age

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 479-488

  Dawes, Piers ^a   Dickinson, Christine ^a   Emsley, Richard ^b   Bishop, Paul N ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^c   Edmondson Jones, Mark ^d,e   Mccormack, Abby ^d,e,f   Fortnum, Heather ^d,e   Moore, David R ^g   Norman, Paul ^h   Munro, Kevin ^a,i  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^f MRC INSTITUTE OF HEARING RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^g CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barriers to care; Biobank; Dual sensory problems; Middle age; Vision impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84904677821     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/opo.12138     Document Type: Article

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