Corneal ulceration in South East Asia. I: A model for the prevention of bacterial ulcers at the village level in rural Bhutan

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 276-278

  Getshen, K ^b   Srinivasan, M ^c   Upadhyay, M P ^d   Priyadarsini, B ^c   Mahalaksmi, R ^c   Whitcher, John P ^a,e  

^a Francis I Proctor Foundation   (United States)

^b Jigme Dorji Wangchuk National Referral Hospital   (Bhutan)

^c ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^d B P Eye Foundation   (Nepal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BHUTAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OINTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BHUTAN; CHILD; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH AIDES; CORNEA; CORNEAL ULCER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33644655594     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.076083     Document Type: Article

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