Estimating incidence of vision-reducing cataract in Africa: A new model with implications for program targets

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1584-1589

  Lewallen, Susan ^a   Williams, Talithia D ^b   Dray, Alyssa ^b   Stock, Brian C ^b   Mathenge, Wanjiku ^c,g   Oye, Joseph ^d   Nkurikiye, John ^e   Kimani, Kahaki ^f   Müller, Andreas ^g   Courtright, Paul ^a  

^a TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^b HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Ministry of Medical Services   (Kenya)

^d SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

^e KING FAISAL HOSPITAL   (Rwanda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^g FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 78650134065     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.307     Document Type: Article

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