Association of blindness and hearing impairment with mortality in a cohort of elderly persons in a rural area

Association of blindness and hearing impairment with mortality in a cohort of elderly persons in a rural area

Background: Studies in developed nations have reported an association of blindness and hearing impairment with mortality in elderly persons. Objectives: To study the association of blindness and hearing impairment with mortality in a cohort of elderly persons in rural north India. Materials and Meth...

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Main Authors: Nilesh Agrawal, M Kalaivani, Sanjeev K Gupta, Puneet Misra, K Anand, Chandrakant S Pandav
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2011-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Subjects:
Blindness
cohort
elderly
hearing impairment
mortality
Online Access:http://www.ijcm.org.in/article.asp?issn=0970-0218;year=2011;volume=36;issue=3;spage=208;epage=212;aulast=Agrawal

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