Assessment of avoidable blindness using the rapid assessment of avoidable blindness methodology

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 389-393

  Bettadapura, Guruprasad S ^a   Donthi, Krishnamurthy ^a   Datti, Narendra P ^a   Ranganath, Bommanahalli G ^a   Ramaswamy, Shamanna B ^b   Jayaram, Tejal S ^a  

^a SRI DEVARAJ URS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Avoidable blindness; Cataract; Eye care services; Rapid assessment; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LENS IMPLANTATION; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 84866449295     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.100982     Document Type: Article

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