Ocular Trauma in a Rural Population of Southern India. The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1159-1164

  Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni ^a,b   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a   Shamanna, Bindiganavale R ^a   Srinivas, Marmamula ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; EYE INJURY; EYE PROTECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33745359850     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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