Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness among 9980 Scandinavian adults: the Copenhagen City Eye Study

Helena Hesgaard; Troels Vinding; Morten La Cour; Merete Appleyard; Gorm B Jensen; Niels Vesti Nielsen

Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness among 9980 Scandinavian adults: the Copenhagen City Eye Study

Helena Hesgaard, Troels Vinding, Morten La Cour, Merete Appleyard, Gorm B Jensen, Niels Vesti Nielsen

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Abstract

To investigate the age-specific prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in an epidemiologic study of an adult Scandinavian population.

Original language	English
Journal	Ophthalmology
Volume	111
Issue number	1
Pages (from-to)	53-61
Number of pages	9
ISSN	0161-6420
Publication status	Published - 2004

Keywords

Adult
Age Distribution
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aging
Blindness
Causality
Cross-Sectional Studies
Denmark
Eye Diseases
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Questionnaires
Risk Factors
Vision, Low
Visual Acuity
Visually Impaired Persons

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