Prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in Nigeria: The national blindness and visual impairment survey

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2033-2039

  Kyari, Fatima ^a   Gudlavalleti, Murthy V S ^b   Sivsubramaniam, Selvaraj ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^b   Abdull, Mohammed M ^c   Entekume, Gabriel ^d   Foster, Allen ^b   Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Study Group, ^e  

^a National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

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

^c Specialist Hospital Yola Nigeria   (Nigeria)

^d Vision Health Services   (Nigeria)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 65549162222     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3133     Document Type: Article

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