Blindness prevalence and cataract surgical coverage in Lumbini Zone and Chetwan District of Nepal

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Sherchan, A ^a   Kandel, R P ^b   Sharma, M K ^a   Sapkota, Y D ^c   Aghajanian, J ^d   Bassett, K L ^d  

^a Lumbini Eye Institute   (Nepal)

^b Seva Nepal   (Nepal)

^c Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^d ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; SEX; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 76149119115     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.155408     Document Type: Article

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