Prevalence of uncorrected refractive errors, presbyopia and spectacle coverage in marine fishing communities in South India: Rapid Assessment of Visual Impairment (RAVI) project

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Marmamula, Srinivas ^a   Madala, Sreenivas R ^a,b   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Fishing communities; India; Presbyopia; Rapid assessment; Refractive errors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; SEA; SEX RATIO; SPECTACLES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCEANS AND SEAS; PRESBYOPIA; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84857014155     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2012.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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