Visual impairment and blindness in rural central India: The Central India Eye and Medical Study

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 483-486

  Nangia, Vinay ^a   Jonas, Jost B ^a,b   Gupta, Rajesh ^a   Khare, Anshu ^a   Sinha, Ajit ^a  

^a Suraj Eye Institute   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

blindness; Central India Eye and Medical Study; epidemiology; India; population based study; visual acuity; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CAPSULE OPACIFICATION; CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL OPACIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CENTRAL INDIA EYE AND MEDICAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INDIA; POPULATION-BASED STUDY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84880308671     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02447.x     Document Type: Article

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