The Impact of Successful Cataract Surgery on Quality of Life, Household Income and Social Status in South India

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Finger, Robert P ^a,b   Kupitz, David G ^a   Fenwick, Eva ^b   Balasubramaniam, Bharath ^c   Ramani, Ramanathan V ^c   Holz, Frank G ^a   Gilbert, Clare E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Sankara Eye Care Institutions   (India)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; LENS IMPLANT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RURAL POPULATION; SMALL INCISION CATARACT SURGERY; SOCIAL STATUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INDIA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84865620146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044268     Document Type: Article

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