Blindness and vision impairment in a rural South Indian population: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey

Ophthalmology

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1491-1498

  Thulasiraj, R D ^a   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a   Ramakrishnan, R ^a   Krishnadas, R ^a   Manimekalai, T K ^a   Baburajan, N P ^a   Katz, Joanne ^b,c   Tielsch, James M ^b,c   Robin, Alan L ^b,d,e  

^a ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; EYE REFRACTION; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PERIMETRY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0041402636     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(03)00565-7     Document Type: Article

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