Prevalence of lens opacities in North India: The INDEYE feasibility study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 88-95

  Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev K ^a   Maraini, Giovanni ^b   Camparini, Monica ^b   Price, Gill M ^c   Dherani, Mukesh ^c   John, Neena ^a   Chakravarthy, Usha ^d   Fletcher, Astrid E ^c  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

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

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS;

AGED; CATARACT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 33846912083     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0284     Document Type: Article

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