Causes of visual impairment in people aged 75 years and older in Britain: an add-on study to the MRC Trial of Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community

Background: Visual impairment and blindness are common in older people in Britain. It is important to know the causes of visual impairment to develop health service and research priorities. The authors aimed to identify the causes of visual impairment in people aged 75 years and older in Britain. Me...

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Published in:	British journal of ophthalmology Vol. 88; no. 3; pp. 365 - 370
Main Authors:	Evans, J R, Fletcher, A E, Wormald, R P L
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	BMA House, Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9JR BMJ Publishing Group Ltd 01-03-2004 BMJ BMJ Publishing Group LTD Copyright 2004 British Journal of Ophthalmology
Subjects:	Age age related macular degeneration Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Blindness Blindness - etiology cataract Cataract - complications Cataracts Clinical Science - Scientific Reports Confidence intervals Data collection Diabetes Diabetic retinopathy Diabetic Retinopathy - complications elderly Family Practice Female Glaucoma - complications Health Surveys Hospitals Humans Macular degeneration Macular Degeneration - complications Male Medical sciences Myopia - complications Older people Ophthalmology Population Refractive Errors Studies United Kingdom Vision disorders Visual Acuity Visual impairment United Kingdom > UK Eye disease Clinical management Visual impairment Vision disorder Cause Management Ophthalmology Community
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