Prevalence and causes of visual impairment among Saudi adults attending primary health care centers in northern Saudi Arabia

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 473-480

  Al Shaaln, Farhan Fayez ^a   Bakrman, Marwan Abdurrahman ^b   Ibrahim, Adel Mohammad ^a   Aljoudi, Abdullah Srour ^c  

^a Directorate of Primary Health Care   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Joint Program of Family and Community Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

^c IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BLINDNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 80052873214     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.84624     Document Type: Article

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