Use of traditional cooking fuels and the risk of young adult cataract in rural Bangladesh: A hospital-based case-control study

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tanchangya, Joydhan ^a   Geater, Alan F ^b  

^a Impact Foundation Bangladesh   (Bangladesh)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; risk factor; traditional cooking fuels; Young adult cataract

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COOKING; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; RICE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; BANGLADESH; BIOMASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CATTLE; COOKING; FECES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT COMPONENTS, AERIAL; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959195177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-11-16     Document Type: Article

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