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Research Article

Incorporating vision and hearing tests into aged care assessment: Methods and the pilot study

Jeanette Jee School of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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Jie Jin Wang Department of Ophthalmology, Centre For Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute University of Sydney Sydney AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kathryn Rose School of Applied Vision Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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Peter Landau Department of Geriatric Medicine, Western Clinical School University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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Richard Lindley Department of Geriatric Medicine, Western Clinical School University of Sydney Sydney Australia
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Paul Mitchell Department of Ophthalmology, Centre For Vision Research, Westmead Millennium Institute University of Sydney Sydney Australia
Pages 427-436 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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