The impact of cataract on time-use: Results from a population based case-control study in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 372-382

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a   Eusebio, Cristina ^b   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^a,c   Wadud, Zakia ^d   Foster, Allen ^a  

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

^b Cataract Foundation of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c Rift Valley Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

^d Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Cataract; Daily activities; Low income countries; Time use; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LEISURE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57449122062     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802478716     Document Type: Article

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