The key informant method: A novel means of ascertaining blind children in Bangladesh

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 995-999

  Muhit, Mohammad A ^a   Shah, Shaheen P ^a   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Hartley, Sally D ^b   Foster, Allen ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMMUNITY BASED REHABILITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 34547227299     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.108027     Document Type: Article

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