Prevalence of refractive error in Bangladeshi adults: Results of the national blindness and low vision survey of Bangladesh

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1150-1160

  Bourne, Rupert R A ^a,d   Dineen, Brendan P ^b   Ali, Syed M ^c   Noorul Huq, Deen M ^c   Johnson, Gordon J ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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

^c National Institute of Ophthalmology   (Bangladesh)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANISOMETROPIA; ASTIGMATISM; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 2942522697     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2003.09.046     Document Type: Article

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