Causes of blindness among children identified through village key informants in Malawi

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 425-427

  Kalua, Khumbo ^a   Patel, Daksha ^b   Muhit, Mohammad ^b   Courtright, Paul ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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

^c TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Key informants; Survey

Indexed keywords

AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMMUNITY; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOL DEFICIENCY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STRABISMUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 49949115650     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3129/I08-084     Document Type: Article

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