The Nigerian national blindness and visual impairment survey: Rationale, objectives and detailed methodology

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Dineen, Brendan ^a   Gilbert, Clare E ^a   Rabiu, Mansur ^b   Kyari, Fatima ^b   Mahdi, Abdull M ^c   Abubakar, Tafida ^d   Ezelum, Christian C ^e   Gabriel, Entekume ^f   Elhassan, Elizabeth ^g   Abiose, Adenike ^h   Faal, Hannah ⁱ   Jiya, Jonathan Y ^j   Ozemela, Chinenyem P ^j   Lee, Pak Sang ^k   Gudlavalleti, Murthy V S ^a  

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

^b National Eye Centre Kaduna   (Nigeria)

^c Specialist Hospital Yola Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^d Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e Ministry of Health Awka   (Nigeria)

^f Vision Health Services   (Nigeria)

^g SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

^h Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (Nigeria)

ⁱ West Africa Regional Office   (Ghana)

^j Federal Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^k UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; EYE FUNDUS; EYE REFRACTION; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; TECHNIQUE; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; FUNDUS OCULI; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; METHODS; NIGERIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 54449085853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-8-17     Document Type: Article

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