A population-based study of xerophthalmia in the extreme North Province of Cameroon, West Africa

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 464-468

  Wilson, M Roy ^a,b   Mansour, Mohamed ^c   Atud, Atina Emmanuel ^d   Casey, Richard ^a,b   Fobi, Grace ^e   Moukouri, Ernest ^e   Alemayehu, Wondu ^f   Martone, James F ^g   Ross Degnan, Dennis ^h  

^a CHARLES R DREW UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND SCIENCE   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c US Agy Intl Devmt Off of Nutr   (United States)

^d Ministry of Nutrition

^e Ministry of Public Health of Cameroon   (Cameroon)

^f ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^g ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^h HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RETINOL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; VITAMIN INTAKE; XEROPHTHALMIA;

EID: 0030005148     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130460018     Document Type: Article

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