Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in Sistan-va-Baluchestan Province, Iran: Zahedan Eye Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 579-584

  Shahriari, Hossein Ali ^b   Izadi, Shahrolch ^a,c   Rouhani, Mohammad Reza ^b   Ghasemzadeh, Farzaneh ^b   Maleki, Ali Reza ^b  

^a Zahedan University of Medical Sciences ^*  (Iran)

^b ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ZAHEDAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLINICAL STUDY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34248176237     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.105734     Document Type: Article

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