Outcomes of cataract surgery in a rural and Urban South Indian population

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-228

  Vijaya, Lingam ^a   George, Ronnie ^a   Rashima, A ^a   Raju, Prema ^a   Arvind, Hemamalini ^a   Baskaran, Mani ^a   Ve, Ramesh S ^a  

^a VISION RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; epidemiology; India; population; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 77954755685     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.62648     Document Type: Article

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