Unilateral visual impairment in an Urban population in Southern India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 59-64

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a,b   Srinivas, M ^a   Mandal, Partha ^a   McCarty, Catherine A ^b   Gullapalli, N Rao ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

APEDS; India; Unilateral; Urban; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCULAR VISION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION, LOW; VISION, MONOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034157825     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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