Relationship between Visual Impairment and Eye Diseases and Visual Function in Andhra Pradesh

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1552-1557

  Nutheti, Rishita ^a,b   Keeffe, Jill E ^b,c   Shamanna, Bindiganavale R ^a   Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a   Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA DISEASE; SELF REPORT; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 34547199449     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.11.012     Document Type: Article

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