Prevalence and vision-related outcomes of cataract surgery in Gujarat, India

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 400-409

  Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^b   John, Neena ^b   Pokharel, Gopal ^c   Ellwein, Leon B ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d SEWA Rural Cataract Study Group   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract surgery; India; Surgical complications; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON PROFIT ORGANIZATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN AREA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 72049102377     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286580903315809     Document Type: Article

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