Fear of blindness and perceptions about blind people. The Andhra Pradesh eye disease study

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 239-246

  Giridhar, Pyda ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a,b,c   Prasad, Mudigonda N ^a   Kovai, Vilas ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a,c  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

APEDS; Blindness; Disability; Fear; India

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SICK ROLE; URBAN POPULATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 0036716539     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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