Population-based assessment of vision-related quality of life in corneal disease: Results from the CORE study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 588-593

  Vashist, Praveen ^a   Gupta, Noopur ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev K ^b   Dwivedi, Sadanand ^b   Mani, Kalaivani ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INDIAN VISION FUNCTION QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; VISUAL ACUITY; ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CORNEAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSON; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VISION, LOW; VISION, OCULAR; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960154874     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2015-307619     Document Type: Article

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