Delay in presentation to hospital for surgery for congenital and developmental cataract in Tanzania

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1478-1482

  Mwende, J ^b   Bronsard, A ^b,c   Mosha, M ^b   Bowman, R ^d   Geneau, R ^b   Courtright, Paul ^a,b  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CONGENITAL CATARACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 27344434870     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.074146     Document Type: Article

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