Blindness and low vision in Cape Verde Islands: Results of a national eye survey

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 219-226

  Schémann, Jean ^a   Inocencio, Francesca ^b   De Lourdes Monteiro, Maria ^c   Andrade, Julio ^d   Auzemery, Alain ^e   Guelfi, Yves ^f  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (Senegal)

^b Baptista da Sousa Hospital   (Cape Verde)

^c Ministry of Health Praia   (Cape Verde)

^d Hospital Agostino Neto   (Cape Verde)

^e Institute of Tropical Ophthalmology   (Mali)

^f French Embassy ^*  (Cape Verde)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cape Verde; Cataract; Diabetic retinopathy; Glaucoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAPE VERDE; CATARACT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW;

EID: 33746799338     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580600681347     Document Type: Article

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