Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in Pakistan: The Pakistan national blindness and visual impairment survey

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4749-4755

  Jadoon, Mohammad Z ^a   Dineen, Brendan ^b   Bourne, Rupert R A ^b   Shah, Shaheen P ^b   Khan, Mohammad A ^a   Johnson, Gordon J ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^b   Khan, Mohammad D ^a  

^a Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (Pakistan)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; AUTOREFRACTION; BIOMETRY; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC DISK; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 33847679447     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0374     Document Type: Review

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