Impact of cataract screening outreach in Rural China

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Zhang, Mingzhi ^a   Wu, Jing ^a   Li, Liping ^b   Xu, Daocheng ^a   Lam, Dennis S C ^a,c   Lee, Jack ^c   Griffiths, Sian ^c   Congdon, Nathan ^a,c  

^a Shantou University Medical College   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 75749120694     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4190     Document Type: Article

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