Changing trends in the prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in a rural district of India: Systematic observations over a decade

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 492-497

  Khanna, Rohit C ^a,b   Marmamula, Srinivas ^a   Krishnaiah, Sannapaneni ^a   Giridhar, Pyda ^a   Chakrabarti, Subhabrata ^b   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a,b  

^a International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care   (India)

^b L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; cataract; outcomes; prevalence; rapid

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84866409382     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.100560     Document Type: Article

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