Cataract blindness in people 50 years old or older in a semirural area of northern Peru;Ceguera por catarata en personas mayores de 50 años en una zona semirrural del norte del Perú

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 17, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 387-393

  Pongo Águila, Luis ^a   Carrión, Rómulo ^c   Luna, Winston ^a   Silva, Juan Carlos ^b   Limburg, Hans ^d  

^a Fundación Oftalmológica del Norte   (Peru)

^b Unidad de Control de Enfermedades   (Colombia)

^c MINISTERIO DE SALUD   (Peru)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Blindness; Cataract; Peru; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ELDERLY POPULATION; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERU; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21644468929     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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