Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in a Brazilian population: The Botucatu Eye Study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Schellini, Silvana Artioli ^a   Durkin, Shane R ^b,c   Hoyama, Erika ^a   Hirai, Flavio ^a   Cordeiro, Ricardo ^a   Casson, Robert J ^b,c   Selva, Dinesh ^b,c   Padovani, Carlos Roberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; INFANT; RETINA DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; VISION, LOW;

EID: 69549124462     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-9-8     Document Type: Article

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