Determinants of uptake of surgical treatment for trachomatous trichiasis in north Ethiopia

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 328-333

  Habte, Dereje ^a,d   Gebre, Teshome ^b   Zerihun, Mulat ^b   Assefa, Yared ^c  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^d NONE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Corneal opacity; Epilation; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SELF REPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; EYELASHES; FEMALE; HAIR DISEASES; HAIR REMOVAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHOMA;

EID: 53749101381     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580801974897     Document Type: Article

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