Preventable blindness in the East African elderly

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 639-641

  Wood, M L ^a  

^a Kikuyu Eye Unit   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; ELDERLY POPULATION; EYE CARE; HEALTHCARE;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; KENYA; ONCHOCERCIASIS; PRESBYOPIA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KENYA; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA;

AFRICA, (EAST);

EID: 0031412562     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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