Causes and 3-year-incidence of blindness in Jing-An District, Shanghai, China 2001-2009

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Wu, Liangcheng ^a   Sun, Xinghuai ^b   Zhou, Xingtao ^b   Weng, Chenghai ^a  

^a Jing An District Centrol Hospital   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955563299     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-10     Document Type: Article

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