Poverty and blindness in Pakistan: Results from the Pakistan national blindness and visual impairment survey

BMJ

Volumn 336, Issue 7634, 2008, Pages 29-32

  Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Shah, S P ^a   Jadoon, M Z ^b   Bourne, R ^c   Dineen, B ^a   Khan, M A ^b   Johnson, G J ^a   Khan, M D ^b  

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

^b Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (Pakistan)

^c HINCHINGBROOKE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPECTACLES; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 38149046669     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39395.500046.AE     Document Type: Article

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