Blindness in Sudan: Is it time to scrutinise survey methods?

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2192-2193

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Gilbert, Clare ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SAMPLING ERROR; SHORT SURVEY; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

BLINDNESS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SUDAN;

EID: 33845896270     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030476     Document Type: Short Survey

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