Lens opacities in adults in Pakistan: Prevalence and risk factors

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 381-389

  Shah, Shaheen P ^a   Dineen, Brendan ^a   Jadoon, Zahid ^b   Bourne, Rupert ^a   Khan, Mohammad Aman ^b   Johnson, Gordon J ^a   De Stavola, Bianca ^a   Gilbert, Clare ^a   Khan, Mohammad Daud ^b  

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

^b Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Cataract; Epidemiology; Lens opacities; Pakistan; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BODY MASS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SMOKING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 37649022870     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701375179     Document Type: Article

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