Prevalence and Outcomes of Cataract Surgery in Brazil: The São Paulo Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Salomão, Solange R ^a   Soares, Francisco S ^a   Berezovsky, Adriana ^a   Araújo Filho, Arnaud ^a   Mitsuhiro, Marcia R K H ^a   Watanabe, Sung E S ^a   Carvalho, Alisson V ^a   Pokharel, Gopal P ^b   Belfort Jr , Rubens ^a   Ellwein, Leon B ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; LENS IMPLANT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 67650455953     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2009.02.019     Document Type: Article

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