Causes of childhood blindness in the People's Republic of China: Results from 1131 blind school students in 18 provinces

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 929-932

  Hornby, S J ^a   Xiao, Y ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Foster, A ^a   Wang, X ^c   Liang, X ^d   Jing, H ^e   Wang, L ^f   Min, W ^g   Shi, Y ^h   Li, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Red Cross Hospital of Yunnan   (China)

^c INNER MONGOLIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^g SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^h Xuzhou Eye Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHINA; CORNEA INJURY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SCAR FORMATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAINING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORKSHOP;

EID: 0032806124     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.8.929     Document Type: Article

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