Quality of life and visual impairment from cataract in Satkhira district, Bangladesh

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1026-1030

  Polack, S ^a   Kuper, H ^a   Wadud, Z ^b   Fletcher, A ^a   Foster, A ^a  

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

^b Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 49049108692     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.134791     Document Type: Article

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