Health-related quality of life in patients with trachomatous trichiasis or entropion

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-66

  Dhaliwal, Upreet ^a,b   Nagpal, Gaurav ^a   Bhatia, Manjeet Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b A 61   (India)

Author keywords

Entropion; India; Quality of life; Questionnaire study; Trachoma treatment; Trachomatous trichiasis; Trichiasis surgery; Underdeveloped countries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENTROPION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STUDENT T TEST; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; VISION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENTROPION; EYELASHES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HAIR DISEASES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TRACHOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33644761803     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580500473803     Document Type: Article

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