Functional low vision in adults from Latin America: findings from population-based surveys in 15 countries
OBJECTIVE: To review data on functional low vision (FLV) (low vision-visual acuity (VA) < 6/18 (<20/60) to > perception of light (PL+) in the better eye-that is untreatable and uncorrectable) in adults aged 50 years or older from published population-based surveys from 15 countries in Latin...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Pan American Health Organization
2015-06-01
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Series: | Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1020-49892015000500001&lng=en&tlng=en |