Outcomes of cataract surgery in Pakistan: Results from the Pakistan National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 420-426

  Bourne, Rupert ^a,b   Dineen, Brendan ^a   Jadoon, Zahid ^c   Lee, Pak S ^d   Khan, Aman ^c   Johnson, Gordon J ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Khan, Daud ^c  

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

^b HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC DISK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34247220903     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.106724     Document Type: Article

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