Planning low vision services in India: A population-based perspective

Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1871-1878

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a,d   Dandona, Lalit ^a,c   Srinivas, Marmamula ^a   Giridhar, Pyda ^a   Nutheti, Rishita ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a,b  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^d Centre for Social Services Bella Vista   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOMICROSCOPY; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE FUNDUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TONOMETRY; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 0036788592     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(02)01183-1     Document Type: Article

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