Optic neuropathy endemic in secondary school children in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 146-149

  Bowman, R J C ^a,b   Wedner, S ^b   Bowman, R F ^c   Masanja, H ^d   Bunce, C ^b,e,f   Wood, M L ^a   Gilbert, C ^b  

^a CCBRT Disability Hospital   (Tanzania)

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

^c Tanzania Society for the Blind   (Tanzania)

^d IFAKARA HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^e MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR; CHILD; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ETHNICITY; EYE REFRACTION; FAMILY; FATHER; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OCCUPATION; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA; TELEVISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENDEMIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76149127028     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.160713     Document Type: Article

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