Prevalence and risk factors for near and far visual difficulty in burkina faso

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 301-306

  Freeman, Ellen E ^a,d   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b   Kouanda, Seni ^c   Aubin, Marie Josée ^a,d   Popescu, Mihaela L ^d   Miszkurka, Malgorzata ^b   Cojocaru, Dan ^d   Haddad, Slim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé   (Burkina Faso)

^d MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burkina Faso; Cooking stove; Epidemiology; Fruit; Risk factors; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; COOKING; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SLEEP; SPECTACLES; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77957298882     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.508354     Document Type: Article

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