Prevalence and causes of blindness in the Northern Transvaal

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 721-726

  Bucher, Pius J M ^a   Ijsselmuiden, Carel B ^b  

^a Elim Hospital   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACHOMA;

EID: 0023767758     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.72.10.721     Document Type: Article

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