Does cataract surgery alleviate poverty? evidence from a multi-centre intervention study conducted in Kenya, the philippines and Bangladesh

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Kuper, Hannah ^a   Polack, Sarah ^a   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^a   Eusebio, Cristina ^b   Wadud, Zakia ^c   Rashid, Mamunur ^d   Foster, Allen ^a  

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

^b Cataract Foundation of the Philippines   (Philippines)

^c Child Sight Foundation   (Bangladesh)

^d CSS Rawm Hospital   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECONOMICS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; BANGLADESH; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHILIPPINES; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 78649725024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015431     Document Type: Article

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