Blindness and visual impairment among the elderly in Ife-Ijesha zone of Osun State, Nigeria

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 59-62

  Adegbehingbe, B O ^a   Fajemilehin, B R ^a   Ojofeitimi, E O ^a   Bisiriyu, L A ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Age factors; Aged; Blindness; Geriatrics; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CIVILIZATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33644848494     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.21620     Document Type: Article

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