Prevalence and Causes of Visual Impairment and Blindness in Shanxi Province, China

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 239-245

  Li, Tong ^a   Du, Liping ^a   Du, Lingzhen ^a  

^a SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Blindness; causes; China; prevalence; Shanxi Province; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD GRAPHICAL VISUAL CHART; CHINA; CHOROID DISEASE; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINOPATHY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ACUITY CHART; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHOROID DISEASES; COMPLICATION; CORNEAL DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; PATIENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CHOROID DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RETINAL DISEASES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 84938357176     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286586.2015.1009119     Document Type: Article

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