Prevalence of trachoma in the adult Chinese population. The Beijing eye study

Eye

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 790-791

  Jie, Y ^a   Xu, L ^a   Ma, K ^a   Zhang, S ^a   Zhu, J ^a   Jonas, J B ^b  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCAR FORMATION; SLIT LAMP; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45449088728     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702857     Document Type: Article

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