Cataract in leprosy patients: Cataract surgical coverage, barriers to acceptance of surgery, and outcome of surgery in a population based survey in korea

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 643-647

  Courtright, P ^a   Lewallen, S ^a   Tungpakorn, N ^b   Cho, B H ^c,d   Lim, Y K ^c   Lee, H J ^c   Kim, S H ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Keimyung University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^e Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; LEPROSY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST OF ILLNESS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; KOREA; LEPROSY; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034979141     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.6.643     Document Type: Article

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