Cataract blindness, surgical coverage, outcome, and barriers to uptake of cataract services in Plateau State, Nigeria

Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 282-288

  Odugbo, Ojo ^a   Mpyet, Caleb ^a   Chiroma, Muhammad ^b   Aboje, Aboje ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABUJA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Barriers; Blindness; Cataract; Coverage; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONOCULAR VISION; NIGERIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84863710938     PISSN: 09749233     EISSN: 09751599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-9233.97925     Document Type: Article

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