Prevelence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in older adults in an area of India with a high cataract surgical rate

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 185-195

  Murthy, Gudlavalleti V S ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^b   John, Neena ^b   Pokharel, Gopal ^c   Ellwein, Leon B ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c Consultant Ophthalmologist ^*  (Nepal)

^d NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; India; Refractive error; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77954837417     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.483751     Document Type: Article

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