Cataract blindness and surgery among the elderly in rural southern harbin, China

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-83

  Li, Zhijian ^a   Cui, Hao ^a   Zhang, Liqiong ^a   Liu, Ping ^a   Yang, Hongbin ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cataract blindness; Cataract surgical coverage; Population based; Rural; Visual outcome of cataract surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 65449142976     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580802573193     Document Type: Article

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