Prevalence and causes of corneal blindness

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 249-253

  Wang, Haijing ^a   Zhang, Yaoguang ^b   Li, Zhijian ^a   Wang, Tiebin ^c   Liu, Ping ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b First Hospital of Qiqihar   (China)

^c Hospital of Mingshui County   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; Corneal diseases; Population based; Rural area

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTOREFRACTOMETER; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CHINA; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA BLINDNESS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC EQUIPMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; EYE EXAMINATION; EYE INJURY; EYEBALL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; LOW VISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION ERROR; RURAL AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART;

BLINDNESS; CORNEAL DISEASES; POPULATION-BASED; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KERATITIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898895909     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ceo.12164     Document Type: Article

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