A case-control study to assess the relationship between poverty and visual impairment from cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1716-1728

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

^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

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149457247     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050239     Document Type: Article

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