Certifications for sight impairment due to age related macular degeneration in England

Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 138-142

  Bunce, C ^a   Zekite, A ^a   Walton, S ^b   Rees, A ^a   Patel, P J ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Blind; Certification; Partial sight; Severely sight impaired; Sight impairment

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTIAL BLINDNESS; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; BLINDNESS; COMPLICATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE;

EID: 84924544015     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2014.12.018     Document Type: Article

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