Cataract visual impairment and quality of life in a Kenyan population

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 927-932

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^b   Fletcher, Astrid ^a   Foster, Allen ^a  

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

^b Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE 5D; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION PREVENTION OF BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS 20 ITEM VISUAL FUNCTIONING QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 34347347196     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.110973     Document Type: Article

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