Trachoma prevalence in women living in rural northern india: Rapid assessment findings

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 216-220

  Khanduja, Sumeet ^a   Jhanji, Vishal ^b,c   Sharma, Namrata ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^a   Murthy, G V S ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev K ^d   Satpathy, Gita ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Titiyal, Jeewan S ^a   Vajpayee, Rasik B ^a,c,e  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e ROYAL VICTORIAN EYE AND EAR HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Females; Prevalence; Rapid assessment; Trachoma; Trichiasis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA OPACITY; ENTROPION SURGERY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRACHOMA; TRACHOMATOUS CORNEAL OPACITY; TRACHOMATOUS SCARRING; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863706651     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.657765     Document Type: Article

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