Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness, cataract surgical coverage and outcomes of cataract surgery in Libya

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-32

  Rabiu, Muhammad Mansur ^a   Jenf, Mansour ^b   Fituri, Suad ^b   Choudhury, Abdulhanan ^c   Agbabiaka, Idris ^d   Mousa, Ahmed ^e  

^a Prevention of Blindness Union   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Tripoli Eye Hospital   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Cairo   (Egypt)

^d Qunfuda General Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract outcome; Libya; Low vision; Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCHOCERCIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIBYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84873032593     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2012.746994     Document Type: Article

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