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Research Article

Disability in Daily Life Activities and Visual Impairment: A population study of 85-year-old people living at home

S. Dahlin Ivanoff, U. Sonn, B. Lundgren-Lindqvist, J. Sjöstrand, B. Steen Departments of Geriatric Medicine, Ophthalmology and Institute of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; Department of Geriatric Medicine, Institute of Occupational Therapy and Physiotherapy, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden; Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Göteborg University, Göteborg, Sweden
Pages 148-155 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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