A population based eye survey of older adults in tirunelveli district of south india: Blindness, cataract surgery, and visual outcomes

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 505-512

  Nirmalan, P K ^b   Thulasiraj, R D ^b   Maneksha, V ^b   Rahmathullah, R ^b   Ramakrishnan, R ^b   Padmavathi, A ^b   Munoz, S R ^c   Ellwein, Leon B ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036238707     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.5.505     Document Type: Article

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