Outcomes of cataract surgery in Bangladesh: Results from a population based nationwide survey

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 813-819

  Bourne, Rupert R A ^a   Dineen, B P ^a   Ali, S M ^b   Noorul Huq, D M ^b   Johnson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; APHAKIA; BANGLADESH; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVALUATION; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0038798850     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.7.813     Document Type: Review

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