Prevalence of circatricial trachoma in an indigenous population of Central Australian: The Central Austrian Trachomatous Trichiasis Study (CATTS)

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 142-146

  Landers, John ^a   Kleinschmidt, Andrew ^a   Wu, Johnny ^a   Burt, Benjamin ^a   Ewald, Dan ^b   Henderson, Tim ^a  

^a ALICE SPRINGS HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Northern Rivers General Practice Network   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cicatrical; Corneal opacities; Prevalence; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; ENTROPION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIVE SPECIES; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SCAR FORMATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; UPPER EYELID; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ABORIGINE; ETHNOLOGY; EYELASH; HAIR DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; SCAR; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CICATRIX; CORNEAL OPACITY; EYELASHES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 18644375932     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00972.x     Document Type: Article

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