Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Bourne, Rupert; B. Jonas, Jost; M. Bron, Alain; Vittoria Cicinelli, Maria; Das, Aditi; Flaxman, Seth; S. Friedman, David; Keeffe, Jill; H. Kempen, John; L Leasher, Janet; Limburg, Hans; Naidoo, Kovin; Pesudovs, Konrad; Pető, Tünde; Saadine, Jinan; Silvester, Alexander; Tahhan, Nina; R. Taylor, Hugh; Varma, Rohit; Yin Wong, Tien; Resnikoff, Serge

doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311258

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Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe in 2015: magnitude, temporal trends and projections

Published in British Journal of Ophthalmology • Mar 15, 2018

Authors:

Rupert Bourne

Jost B. Jonas

Alain M. Bron

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Within a surveillance of the prevalence and causes of vision impairment in high-income regions and Central/Eastern Europe, we update figures through 2015 and forecast expected values in 2020. METHODS: Based on a systematic review of medical literature, prevalence of blindness, moderate a...

Subject

Medicine

Presbyopia

Macular degeneration

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