Prevalence of visual impairment, cataract surgery and awareness of cataract and glaucoma in Bhaktapur district of Nepal: The Bhaktapur Glaucoma Study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Thapa, Suman S ^a   Berg, Rosa V D ^b   Khanal, Shankar ^c   Paudyal, Indira ^a   Pandey, Pooja ^d   Maharjan, Nhukesh ^a   Twyana, Shankha N ^a   Paudyal, Govinda ^a   Gurung, Reeta ^a   Ruit, Sanduk ^a   Rens, Ger H M B V ^b  

^a TILGANGA INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Nepal)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^d HELEN KELLER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOPHAKIA; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX FACTORS; VISION, LOW;

EID: 78651569146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-2     Document Type: Article

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