Prevalence and associated factors of corneal blindness in Ningxia in northwest China

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 557-562

  Sheng, Xun Lun ^a   Li, Hui Ping ^a   Liu, Qing Xia ^a   Rong, Wei Ning ^a   Du, Wen Zhang ^c   Ma, Li ^b   Yan, Guang Hui ^b   Ma, Run Qing ^b   Zhang, Jian Ling ^a   Xu, Hui Fang ^a   Zou, Wen Qing ^a   Bi, Xiao Jun ^a  

^a Third People's Hospital Ningxia Province   (China)

^b NINGXIA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Department of Ophthalmology   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; Corneal disease; Epidemiology; Infectious keratitis; Trauma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903829658     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2014.03.30     Document Type: Article

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