Low vision and blindness in adults in Gurage Zone, central Ethiopia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 677-680

  Melese, Muluken ^a   Alemayehu, W ^a   Bayu, S ^b   Girma, T ^c   Hailesellasie, T ^b   Khandekar, R ^d   Worku, A ^b   Courtright, P ^e,f  

^a ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c All Africa Leprosy Tuberculosis and Rehabilitation Training Centre Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCULAR VISION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAMPLING; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038694751     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.6.677     Document Type: Review

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