The Sivaganga eye survey: I. Blindness and cataract surgery

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 299-312

  Thulasiraj, R D ^a   Rahamathulla, Raheem ^a   Saraswati, A ^a   Selvaraj, S ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^b  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphakia; Blindness prevalence; Cataract surgery; India; Population based study; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0036901384     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.9.5.299.10334     Document Type: Article

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