Profile of childhood blindness and low vision in yemen: A hospital-based study;Profil de la cécité et de la basse vision chez l'enfant au Ýmen: Une étude hospitalière

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 425-428

  Bamashmus, M A ^a,b   Al Akily, S A ^a,b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AMBLYOPIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PLANNING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; YEMEN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMPLICATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VISION, LOW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT ADMISSION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; YEMEN;

EID: 77953754780     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.4.425     Document Type: Article

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