Ocular and visual status of trachomatosus trichiasis in Vietnam - A cross sectional community-based study

Asian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 6-9

  Thanh, Ton Thi Kim ^a   Khandekar, Rajiv ^b,d   Luong, Vu Quoc ^a   Lagrée, Stéphane ^c  

^a National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c International Trachoma Initiative ^*  (Viet Nam)

^d Eye and Ear Health Care Muscat   (Oman)

Author keywords

Ocular infection; Trachoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; RANDOMIZATION; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VIET NAM; VISION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0348229241     PISSN: 15602133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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