Causes of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Latin America

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-177

  Furtado, João M ^a   Lansingh, Van C ^b   Carter, Marissa J ^c   Milanese, María F ^d   Peña, Brenda N ^d   Ghersi, Hernán A ^d   Bote, Paula L ^d   Nano, María E ^d   Silva, Juan C ^e  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fondazione Policlinico Universitario "Agostino Gemelli" IRCCS   (Argentina)

^c Strategic Solutions Inc   (United States)

^d Fundacion Hugo Nano   (Argentina)

^e PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Epidemiology; Latin America; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CONGENITAL TOXOPLASMOSIS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE INFECTION; EYE INJURY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; HISPANIC; HUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; PUBLICATION; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; TRACHOMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84856950063     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: 18793304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2011.07.002     Document Type: Article

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