Prevalence, causes of blindness, visual impairment and cataract surgical services in Sindhudurg district on the western coastal strip of India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-245

  Patil, Shailbala ^a   Gogate, Parikshit ^a,b   Vora, Siddharth ^a   Ainapure, Sachin ^a   Hingane, Ramkrishna ^a   Kulkarni, Anil ^a,c,d   Shammanna, B ^e,f  

^a Lions NAB Eye Hospital   (India)

^b Dr Gogate's Eye Clinic   (India)

^c Kulkarni Eye Hospital   (India)

^d Bharati Vidyapeeth's Medical College   (India)

^e PRASHA Consultants Pvt Ltd   (India)

^f PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery; near vision; prevalence of blindness; visual outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84898764544     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.128633     Document Type: Article

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