Change in function and spectacle-use 2 months after providing presbyopic spectacles in rural Tanzania

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 685-689

  Patel, Ilesh ^a   Munoz, Beatriz ^a   Mkocha, Harran ^b   Schwarzwalder, Alison W ^a   Mchiwa, Wilson ^b   West, Sheila K ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Kongwa Trachoma Project   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCEPTION; POPULATION; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECTACLES; TANZANIA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESBYOPIA; RURAL HEALTH; TANZANIA;

EID: 77953770947     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.145607     Document Type: Article

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