Outcome of cataract surgery at one year in Kenya, the Philippines and Bangladesh

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 875-880

  Lindfield, R ^a   Kuper, H ^a   Polack, S ^a   Eusebio, C ^b   Mathenge, W ^a,c   Wadud, Z ^d   Rashid, A M ^e   Foster, A ^a  

^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)

^e CHER Foundation   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMORBIDITY; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILIPPINES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 67649666481     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.152744     Document Type: Article

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