Population-Based Study of Presbyopia in Rural Tanzania

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 723-727

  Burke, Andrew G ^a   Patel, Ilesh ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Kayongoya, Andrew ^b   Mchiwa, Wilson ^b   Schwarzwalder, Alison W ^a   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; TANZANIA; VISION; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; TANZANIA; VISION SCREENING; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33646377201     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.030     Document Type: Article

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