The Impact of Trachomatous Trichiasis on Quality of Life: A Case Control Study

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages

  Habtamu, Esmael ^a,b   Wondie, Tariku ^b   Aweke, Sintayehu ^b   Tadesse, Zerihun ^b   Zerihun, Mulat ^b   Zewudie, Zebideru ^c   Gebeyehu, Wondimu ^c   Callahan, Kelly ^b   Emerson, Paul M ^d   Kuper, Hannah ^a   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Mabey, David C W ^a   Rajak, Saul N ^a   Polack, Sarah ^a   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Burton, Matthew J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CARTER CENTER   (United States)

^c Amhara Regional Health Bureau   (Ethiopia)

^d International Trachoma Initiative ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICHIASIS; VISION; VISION RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; AGED; COMPLICATION; ETHIOPIA; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; TRACHOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS;

EID: 84949460160     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0004254     Document Type: Article

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