The Nakuru posterior segment eye disease study: Methods and prevalence of blindness and visual impairment in Nakuru, Kenya

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2033-2039

  Mathenge, Wanjiku ^a,b,c   Bastawrous, Andrew ^a   Foster, Allen ^a   Kuper, Hannah ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^c FRED HOLLOWS FOUNDATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETIC MACULAR EDEMA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; SOCIAL STATUS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 84867099622     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.04.019     Document Type: Article

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