Blindness and visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error in sub-Saharan Africa: Review of recent population-based studies

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 927-930

  Sherwin, Justin C ^a,b   Lewallen, Susan ^c   Courtright, Paul ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Good Samaritan Foundation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAMEROON; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ETHIOPIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GAMBIA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NIGERIA; POPULATION RISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; UNCORRECTED REFRACTION ERROR; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; APHAKIA, POSTCATARACT; BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84862859512     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300426     Document Type: Article

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