Population-based prevalence of uveitis in Southern India

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 463-467

  Rathinam, Sivakumar R ^a,b   Krishnadas, Ramasamy ^a,b   Ramakrishnan, Rengapa ^a,b   Thulasiraj, Ravilla D ^b,c   Tielsch, James M ^d,e   Katz, Joanne ^d,e   Robin, Alan L ^e   Kempen, John H ^f,g  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

^b G Venkataswamy Eye Research Institute   (India)

^c Lions Aravind Institute of Community Ophthalmology   (India)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; UVEITIS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 79952907013     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.182311     Document Type: Article

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