Epidemiologie hochgradiger Sehbehinderungen und Blindheit älterer Menschen in Deutschland

Volume: 116, Issue: 2, Pages: 201 - 212
Published: Feb 1, 2019
Abstract
Approximately 500,000 blind and 1 million visually impaired persons live in Germany, which lacks a national blind registry. Therefore data from social welfare agencies and population-based studies are used to estimate prevalence and incidence. Main causes for severe visual impairment and blindness are age-related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic eye diseases. We observed a relative decline of the incidence of severe visual impairment...
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Title
Epidemiologie hochgradiger Sehbehinderungen und Blindheit älterer Menschen in Deutschland
Published Date
Feb 1, 2019
Volume
116
Issue
2
Pages
201 - 212
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