Causes and anatomical site of blindness and severe visual loss in Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 228-232

  Dehghan, A ^a   Kianersi, F ^a   Moazam, E ^a   Ghanbari, H ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; EPILEPSY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LEBER CONGENITAL AMAUROSIS; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; OPTIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA; RETINA DETACHMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CONSANGUINITY; EDUCATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONSANGUINITY; DISABLED CHILDREN; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 76649093273     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.2.228     Document Type: Article

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