Trachoma: Global magnitude of a preventable cause of blindness

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 563-568

  Mariotti, S P ^a   Pascolini, D ^a   Rose Nussbaumer, J ^b  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; HEALTH; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BLINDNESS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 66149151068     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.148494     Document Type: Article

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