Mortality and hospital morbidity of working-age blind

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Mortality and hospital morbidity of working-age blind

Aim: Determine whether blindness in people aged 18–65 years was associated with increased rates of mortality, hospitalisation and length of stay. Methods: A retrospective matched cohort study of legally blind people and normally sighted controls, aged 18–65 years, comparing mortality rates and ho...

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Main Authors:	Crewe, Julie, Morlet, Nigel, Morgan, W., Spilsbury, Katrina, Mukhtar, Syed Aqif, Clark, Antony, Semmens, James
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	B M J Group 2013
Subjects:	mental health mortality blindness depression morbidity hospitalisation
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/4915

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