Inequality in cataract blindness and services: Moving beyond unidimensional analyses of social position

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 395-400

  Ramke, Jacqueline ^a,b   Zwi, Anthony B ^a   Lee, Arier C ^b   Blignault, Ilse ^c,d   Gilbert, Clare E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIAN; PAKISTANI; PREVALENCE; READING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NIGERIA; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85016950314     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2016-309691     Document Type: Article

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