Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia: 1990-2010

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 599-604

  Wong, Tien Y ^a   Zheng, Yingfeng ^b   Jonas, Jost B ^c   Flaxman, Seth R ^d   Keeffe, Jill ^e   Leasher, Janet ^f   Naidoo, Kovin ^g   Pesudovs, Konrad ^h   Price, Holly ⁱ   White, Richard A ^j   Resnikoff, Serge ^k   Taylor, Hugh R ^l   Bourne, Rupert R A ⁱ  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^h FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^j HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^k BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; VISION;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84898791348     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304047     Document Type: Article

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