Corneal blindness: A global perspective

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 214-221

  Whitcher, John P ^a   Srinivasan, M ^b   Upadhyay, Madan P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blindness etiology; Corneal diseases epidemiology; Eye injuries epidemiology; Leprosy prevention and control (source: MeSH); Ocular prevention and control; Onchocerciasis; Trachoma drug therapy

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; HUMAN; LEPROSY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; RISK FACTOR;

BLINDNESS; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; LEPROSY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035084290     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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