Prevalence, causes and socio-economic determinants of vision loss in Cape Town, South Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Cockburn, Nicky ^a   Steven, David ^b   Lecuona, Karin ^a   Joubert, Francois ^a   Rogers, Graeme ^a   Cook, Colin ^a   Polack, Sarah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Eerste River Hospital   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; POVERTY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84857426329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0030718     Document Type: Article

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