Blindness: How to assess numbers and causes?

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 282-284

  Babalola, O E ^a   Murdoch, Ian E ^b   Cousens, S ^c   Abiose, A ^d   Jones, B ^b  

^a Rachel Eye Center   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRACHOMA; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CENSUSES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037338678     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.282     Document Type: Article

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