Ocular trauma in a rural south Indian population: The Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey

Ophthalmology

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1778-1781

  Nirmalan, Praveen K ^a,b   Katz, Joanne ^c,d   Tielsch, James M ^c,d   Robin, Alan L ^c,e,f   Thulasiraj, Ravilla D ^a,b   Krishnadas, Ramasamy ^a   Ramakrishnan, Rengappa ^a  

^a ARAVIND MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERVIEW; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 4444344580     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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