Visual loss in urban and rural chronic glaucoma patients in Ghana

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 102-104

  Ntim Amponsah, C T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GHANA; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036218885     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550203200220     Document Type: Article

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