Causes of blindness at Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Malawi

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1002-1006

  Sherwin, Justin C ^a   Dean, W H ^b   Metcalfe, N H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Nkhoma Eye Hospital   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Malawi; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CORNEA DISEASE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; LENS DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; EYE DISEASE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALAWI; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149390404     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210801800624     Document Type: Article

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