Findings from a rapid assessment of avoidable blindness (RAAB) in Southern Malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Kalua, Khumbo ^a,b   Lindfield, Robert ^b   Mtupanyama, Maxwell ^c   Mtumodzi, Davie ^c   Msiska, Vincent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

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

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RAPID ASSESSMENT OF AVOIDABLE BLINDNESS SURVEY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 79955557841     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019226     Document Type: Article

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