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

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 592-598

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

^a MEDICAL FACULTY MANNHEIM HEIDELBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

^c Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^d L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^e NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^g FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^j SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^k BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; GLAUCOMA; MACULA;

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

EID: 84898830317     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303998     Document Type: Article

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