Prevalence and causes of blindness in a tropical African population

West African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 249-252

  Adeoti, Caroline O ^a  

^a LAUTECH Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Blindness; Causes; Osun state; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; APHAKIA; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CORNEA DISEASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; RURAL POPULATION; SPECTACLES; TROPICS; UVEITIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 8844279046     PISSN: 0189160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/wajm.v23i3.28132     Document Type: Article

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