Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in Rural Myanmar. The Meiktila Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2302-2308

  Casson, Robert J ^a   Newland, H S ^a   Muecke, J ^a   McGovern, S ^a   Durkin, S ^a   Sullivan, T ^b   Oo, T Z ^c   Aung, T H ^c   Shein, W K ^d   Selva, D ^a   Aung, T ^c  

^a South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Yangon Eye Hospital   (Myanmar)

^d Meiktila Eye Hospital and Trachoma Control and Prevention   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MYANMAR; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; SLIT LAMP; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 36048953178     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.02.004     Document Type: Article

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