Coverage of Hospital-based cataract surgery and barriers to the uptake of surgery among cataract Blind Persons in Nigeria: The Nigeria National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 58-66

  Abubakar, Tafida ^a   Gudlavalleti, Murthy V S ^b   Sivasubramaniam, Selvaraj ^b   Gilbert, Clare E ^b   Abdull, Mohammed M ^b   Imam, Abdullahi U ^c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

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

^c Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract Surgery; Cross Sectional studies; Nigeria; Ophthalmologic surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OPTIC DISK; OPTOMETRY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84859011552     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.643271     Document Type: Article

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