The epidemiology of low vision and blindness associated with trichiasis in southern Sudan

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Ngondi, Jeremiah ^a   Reacher, Mark ^a   Matthews, Fiona ^a   Ole Sempele, Francis ^b   Onsarigo, Alice ^c   Matende, Ibrahim ^d   Baba, Samson ^e   Brayne, Carol ^a   Emerson, Paul ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Christian Mission Aid   (Kenya)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d Lighthouse for Christ Eye Centre   (Kenya)

^e Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^f CARTER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUDAN; TRICHIASIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; EYELID DISEASE; HAIR DISEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; VISION, LOW;

EID: 36249002868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-7-12     Document Type: Article

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