Use of cataract services in Eastern Africa - A study from Tanzania

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-65

  Jefferis, J M ^a,b   Bowman, R J C ^a,c   Hassan, H G ^d   Hall, A B ^d   Lewallen, S ^e  

^a CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^e TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Tanzania; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; TANZANIA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANZANIA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 39749182744     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580701624725     Document Type: Article

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