The prevalence of blindness and cataract surgery in Rautahat District, Nepal

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 82-89

  Sapkota, Yuddha D ^a   Sunuwar, Mohan ^b   Naito, Takeshi ^b   Akura, Junsuke ^b   Adhikari, Him K ^b  

^a Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^b Associations for Ophthalmic Cooperation to Asia ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract surgery; Nepal; Prevalence; Rautahat; Visual outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77950105498     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286581003624947     Document Type: Article

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