Geomapping of trematode-induced granulomatous anterior uveitis - a newly identified cause of blindness among children in the Pudukkottai district of the Tamil Nadu state, India

Geospatial Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-63

  Jayakumar, Duraisamy ^a   Kavitha, Sivakumar ^a   Rathinam, Sivakumar ^b   Vasanthi, Gnanam ^a  

^a LADY DOAK COLLEGE   (India)

^b ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Geographical information systems; Granulomatous anterior uveitis; India; Melanoides tuberculata; Remote sensing; Trematode infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 70450170782     PISSN: 18271987     EISSN: 19707096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/gh.2009.210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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