Prevalence and determinants of blindness, low vision, deafness and major bone fractures among elderly Omani population of Nizwa Wilayat (Nizwa elderly population study - 2005)

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-319

  Khandekar, Rajiv ^a   Al Riyami, Asiya ^b   Attiya, Mahmood ^b   Morsi, Magdi ^b  

^a Eye and Ear Health Care Muscat   (Oman)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Oman)

Author keywords

Blindness; geriatric health; hearing impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMAN; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 77956039730     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.64143     Document Type: Article

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