Current estimates of blindness in India

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 257-260

  Murthy, Gudlavalleti Venkata Satyanarayana ^a,b   Gupta, S K ^b   Bachani, D ^c   Jose, R ^c   John, N ^b  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Goverment of India Nirman Bhawan   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROL SYSTEM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 14744275026     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.056937     Document Type: Review

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