Awareness of Eye Donation in the Rural Population of India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-78

  Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni ^a   Kovai, Vilas ^a   Nutheti, Rishita ^a   Shamanna, Bindiganavale R ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Andhra Pradesh; Awareness; Eye donation; Population based cross sectional study; Rural India

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHRISTIAN; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN DONOR; PREVALENCE; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AWARENESS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 1942435234     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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