Eye care utilization patterns in Tehran population: A population based cross-sectional study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Fotouhi, Akbar ^a   Hashemi, Hassan ^b,c   Mohammad, Kazem ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Noor Vision Correction Center   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EYE CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SAMPLE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; INFANT; IRAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33644518709     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-4     Document Type: Article

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