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Blindness
Studies from Duke University, Center for Health Policy update current data on blindness
March 15th, 2008
Scientists discuss in 'Prevalence of major eye diseases among US Civil War veterans, 1890-1910' new findings in blindness. In this recent article published in the journal Archives of Ophthalmology, scientists in the United States conducted a study "To estimate the prevalence of major eye diseases and low vision or blindness in a national sample of male US Union Army veterans from 1890 to 1910 and to compare these prevalence rates with contemporary rates for the same diseases and visual status. Longitudinal histories of 16,022 white Union Army veterans receiving disability pensions from 1890 to 1910 were developed from pension board examination records." ...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-03-15)
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