JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , January 2009

Assessment of Visual Function in Institutionalized Elderly Patients

  • Guillaume Carcenac, MSc

      Affiliations

    • School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • ,
  • Marie-Ève Hérard, OD

      Affiliations

    • School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • ,
  • Marie-Jeanne Kergoat, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • ,
  • Yvette Lajeunesse, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • ,
  • Nathalie Champoux, MD, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • ,
  • Allan Barsauskas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • ,
  • Hélène Kergoat, OD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Optometry, University of Montreal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montreal, Qc, Canada
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Hélène Kergoat, OD, PhD, École d'optométrie, Université de Montréal, CP 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Qc, Canada H3C 3J7

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 This work was supported by grants from the Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal-Comité Aviseur pour la Recherche Clinique, the Fondation Caroline-Durand, and the Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund. H.K. is the recipient of a Clinician/Scientist award from the Institute of Aging of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

PII: S1525-8610(08)00259-4

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.07.005

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Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 45-49 , January 2009

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