Prevalence and causes of vision loss in North Africa and the Middle East: 1990-2010

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 605-611

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

^a FATTOUMA BOURGUIBA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Carnegie Mellon University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^f NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^h BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^j ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^k NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^l NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^m UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ARABS; BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; MIDDLE EAST; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84898832329     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304068     Document Type: Article

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