Ecological determinants of blindness in Nigeria: The Nigeria national blindness and visual impairment survey

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-58

  Rabiu, M M ^a   Gudlavalleti, Murthy V S ^b   Gilbert, C E ^b   Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj ^b   Kyari, Fatima ^a   Abubakar, Tafida ^c  

^a National Eye Centre   (Nigeria)

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

^c Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GONIOSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RAIN FOREST; RISK FACTOR; SAVANNA; SUDAN; TRACHOMA; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 78751562631     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/samj.4097     Document Type: Article

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