Prevalence and Burden of Self-reported Blindness, Low Vision, and Visual Impairment in the French Community
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- 1 August 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Ophthalmology (1950)
- Vol. 123 (8) , 1117-1124
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archopht.123.8.1117
Abstract
Blindness is known to be one of the most severe disabilities to affect an individual, his or her family, and society.1 In 2001, according to the World Health Organization (WHO),2 visual impairment was responsible for 2 286 000 disability-adjusted life-years in the high-income countries.Keywords
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