Socioeconomic barriers to cataract surgery in Nepal: The south Asian cataract management study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1424-1428

  Snellingen, T ^a   Shrestha, B R ^b   Gharti, M P ^c   Shrestha, J K ^c   Upadhyay, M P ^c   Pokhrel, R P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b Minister for Health and Population Nepal   (Nepal)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d Nepal Eye Hospital   (Nepal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH ASIA; TIME;

EID: 0031763121     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.12.1424     Document Type: Article

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