Sociodemographic characteristics associated with blindness in a Nile Delta governorate of Egypt

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 614-618

  Fouad, D ^b   Mousa, A ^c   Courtright, P ^a,d  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b Cairo University   (Egypt)

^c Al Noor Magrabi Foundation   (Egypt)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SANITATION; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; BLINDNESS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SANITATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1942517958     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.026997     Document Type: Review

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