Corneal blindness in a southern Indian population: Need for health promotion strategies

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-141

  Dandona, Rakhi ^a,b,c   Dandona, L ^a,b  

^a ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF COLLEGE OF INDIA   (India)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; GONIOSCOPY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INDIA; KERATITIS; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SLIT LAMP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; TONOMETRY; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CORNEAL DISEASES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037309881     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.2.133     Document Type: Article

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