The excess burden of trachomatous trichiasis in women: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 985-992

  Cromwell, Elizabeth A ^a   Courtright, Paul ^b   King, Jonathan D ^a   Rotondo, Lisa A ^a   Ngondi, Jeremiah ^c   Emerson, Paul M ^a  

^a CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^b Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Chlamydia trachomatis; Gender; Meta analysis; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BRAZIL; BURKINA FASO; CHAD; CHINA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALAWI; MALE; MALI; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MYANMAR; NEPAL; NIGERIA; PEER REVIEW; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SENEGAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TANZANIA; TRICHIASIS; VIET NAM; YEMEN; ZAMBIA; BLINDNESS; META ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RISK; TRACHOMA;

BLINDNESS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TRACHOMA;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS;

EID: 70249098470     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.03.012     Document Type: Review

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