The impact of cataract surgery on activities and time-use: Results from a longitudinal study in Kenya, Bangladesh and the Philippines

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Polack, Sarah ^a   Eusebio, Christina ^b   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^c   Wadud, Zazkia ^d   Rashid, Mamunur ^e   Foster, Allen ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

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

^b Cataract Foundation of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c Rift Valley Provincial Hospital   (Kenya)

^d Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^e CSS Rawm Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; LEISURE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BANGLADESH; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; PHILIPPINES; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 77956211948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010913     Document Type: Article

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