Magnitude and causes of childhood blindness and severe visual impairment in Sekoru District, Southwest Ethiopia: A survey using the key informant method

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 507-511

  Demissie, Berhan S ^a,b   Solomon, Anthony W ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

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

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Ethiopia; Key informant; Low prevalence conditions; Sekoru District; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILDHOOD BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LENS DISEASE; MAGNITUDE ESTIMATION METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS; VOLUNTARY WORKERS;

EID: 80052342663     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2011.04.007     Document Type: Article

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