Refractive errors and cataract as causes of visual impairment in Brazil

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-22

  Arieta, Carlos Eduardo Leite ^a,b   Delgado, Alzira Maria Nicolini ^a   José, Newton Kara ^a   Temporini, Edméia Rita ^a   Alves, Milton Ruiz ^a   De Carvalho Moreira Filho, Djalma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blindness; Brazil; Cataract; Cost effectiveness; Refractive errors; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CATARACT; COMMUNITY CARE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL STUDENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF EVALUATION; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRAINING; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVERSITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BRAZIL; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 0037294740     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.10.1.15.13774     Document Type: Article

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