The Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment in Central Sri Lanka. The Kandy Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 52-56

  Edussuriya, Kapila ^a   Sennanayake, Saman ^a   Senaratne, Tissa ^a   Marshall, Drew ^b   Sullivan, Thomas ^b   Selva, Dinesh ^b   Casson, Robert J ^b  

^a GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SLIT LAMP; SRI LANKA; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SRI LANKA; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 57949097940     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2008.08.034     Document Type: Article

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