Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in three counties, Jiangxi Province, China

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1437-1442

  Xiao, Baixiang ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a   Guan, Chunhong ^b   Bailey, Kirsten ^b   Limburg, Hans ^a  

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

^b FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHINA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 78149480700     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.165308     Document Type: Article

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