Changes in the prevalence of visual impairment due to blinding trachoma in Sichuan province, China: A comparative study between 1987 and 2006

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-37

  Chen, Hui ^a   Wu, Xiaoyun ^b   Wei, Min ^a   Eichner, June E ^c   Fan, Yingchuan ^a   Zhang, Zuoming ^d   Lei, Chuntao ^a   Stone, Donald U ^e   Yang, Jingyun ^c  

^a SICHUAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SHENZHEN PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blinding trachoma; National Sample Survey on Disabilities; Prevalence; Proportion; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE INJURY; EYE MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRACHOMA; URBAN AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA; VISION, LOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863071734     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2011.615451     Document Type: Article

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