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

• Main Authors: Nilesh Agrawal (Author), M Kalaivani (Author), Sanjeev K Gupta (Author), Puneet Misra (Author), K Anand (Author), Chandrakant S Pandav (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...