Age-related prevalence and met need for correctable and uncorrectable near vision impairment in a multi-country study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 417-422

  He, Mingguang ^a   Abdou, Amza ^b   Ellwein, Leon B ^c   Naidoo, Kovin S ^d   Sapkota, Yuddha D ^e   Thulasiraj, R D ^f   Varma, Rohit ^g   Zhao, Jialiang ^h   Kocur, Ivo ⁱ   Congdon, Nathan G ^a,j  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Programme National de Lutte Contre la Cecite Ministere de la Sante Publique   (Nigeria)

^c NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh   (Nepal)

^f ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

ⁱ WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^j ORBIS INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECTACLES; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIA; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84891634926     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.06.051     Document Type: Article

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