Characteristics of trichiasis patients presenting for surgery in rural Ethiopia

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1084-1088

  Melese, M ^b   West, Emily S ^a,c   Alemayehu, W ^b   Munoz, B ^c   Worku, A ^d   Gaydos, C A ^e   West, S K ^c  

^a 116 Wilmer Building ^*  (United States)

^b ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (Ethiopia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CORNEA OPACITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENTROPION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TRACHOMA;

EID: 24044534765     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.066076     Document Type: Review

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