JP Whitcher, M Srinivasan, MP Upadhyay - Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2001 - SciELO Public Health Diseases affecting the cornea are a major cause of blindness worldwide, second
only to cataract in overall importance. The epidemiology of corneal blindness is
complicated and encompasses a wide variety of infectious and inflammatory ... Cited by 191 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 14 versions
- ►nih.gov [PDF] S Lewallen, P Courtright - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com CONCLUSIONS Blindness prevalence rates vary widely but the evidence suggests
that approximately 1% of Africans are blind. The major cause is cataract;
trachoma and glaucoma are also important causes of blindness. The bulk of ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 12 versions
I Abou-Gareeb, S Lewallen, K Bassett, P … - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2001 - informahealthcare.com Acknowledgements: The authors thank the BC Office of Health Technology
Assessment for the support needed to carry out this study. In addition, we are
grateful to Dr. Lea Liu for reviewing the Chinese language papers with us. ... Cited by 70 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
KD Frick, EV Basilion, CL Hanson, MA … - Neuro-Ophthalmology, 2003 - informahealthcare.com Correspondence and reprint requests to: Prof. Kevin D. Frick, Ph.D. Bloomberg
Sch. Publ. Health Dept. Health Policy & Mgmt. Johns Hopkins University 624 N.
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- ►nih.gov [PDF] - Free from Publisher R Dandona, L Dandona - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2001 - bjo.bmj.com Globally there is increasing concern for the health of the poor and for
reduction in health inequalities.2 3 Inequalities refer to relative health
status. In simple terms, this is a measure of how worse off the ... Cited by 32 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
Y Wang, L Xu, JB Jonas - American journal of ophthalmology, 2006 - Elsevier Of the 4439 people who were examined, 4350 subjects (98.0%; 8617 eyes) provided
measurement data by frequency doubling perimetry. In subjects aged 40 to 49
years, the most frequent cause for VFL was degenerative myopia followed by ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - All 19 versions
- ►nih.gov JE Oye, H Kuper, B Dineen, R Befidi-Mengue, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Results: 1787 people were examined (response rate 89.3%). The prevalence of
binocular blindness was 1.6% (95% CI: 0.8% to 2.4%), 2.2% (1.% to 3.1%) for
binocular severe visual impairment, and 6.4% (5.0% to 7.8%) for binocular ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►nih.gov CL Moser, M Martin-Baranera, F Vega, V … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: Random sampling was applied, proportionally to population distribution
into urban or rural areas. All the subjects underwent a basic eye examination by
trained nurses. In the presence of any ocular affection or a visual acuity ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
WA Lynn, S Lightman - The Lancet, 2004 - Elsevier Bacterial, fungal, viral, and parasitic pathogens all cause systemic infection
and can spread to the eye. Dissemination of pathogens via the bloodstream can
lead to direct involvement of the eye. Visual loss is common in bacterial ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - All 9 versions
