A survey of severe visual impairment and blindness in children attending thirteen schools for the blind in Sri Lanka

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-43

  Gao, Zoe ^a   Muecke, James ^a,b,c   Edussuriya, Kapila ^d   Dayawansa, Ranasiri ^e   Hammerton, Michael ^a   Kong, Aimee ^a   Sennanayake, Saman ^d   Senaratne, Tissa ^d   Marasinghe, Nirosha ^d   Selva, Dinesh ^a,b  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Teaching Hospital   (Sri Lanka)

^e Base Hospital Nawalapitiya   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Blindness; Children; Sri Lanka; Survey; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINOPATHY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEVERE VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; SRI LANKA; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SENSORY AIDS; SRI LANKA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79551516928     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2010.545504     Document Type: Article

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