- ►nih.gov B Munoz, SK West - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Using the mortality in children under the age of 5 as an indicator, the
overall prevalence of childhood blindness (in the under age 15 group) for the
region was estimated at 0.45/1000, with the majority (67%) living in ... Cited by 56 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
- ►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
- ►nih.gov DC Gritz, M Srinivasan, SD Smith, U Kim, TM … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: The Antioxidants in Prevention of Cataracts (APC) Study was a 5 year,
randomised, triple masked, placebo controlled, field based clinical trial to
assess the ability of interventional antioxidant supplements to slow ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
JGMM Hoevenaars, JSAG Schouten, B van … - Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica, 2006 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
display style sheets. In this case, although the visual presentation will be
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J Ramke, A Palagyi, T Naduvilath, R du Toit, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2007 - bjo.bmj.com Results: Of 1470 people enumerated, 1414 (96.2%) were examined. The age, gender
and domicile-adjusted prevalence of functional blindness (presenting vision
worse than 6/60 in the better eye) was 7.4% (95% CI 6.1 to 8.8), and for ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
PM Kasi, AI Gilani, K Ahmad, NZ Janjua - PLoS Medicine, 2004 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov Trachoma is the second leading cause of blindness worldwide [1]. According to
the World Health Organization, currently 84 million people, mostly children,
have active disease, and another 7.6 million people have trichiasis—a ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
- ►nih.gov JE Keeffe, K Konyama, HR Taylor - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2002 - bjo.bmj.com The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Agency for the
Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) designated Western Pacific region as one of great
diversity. It contains the most populous country, China with its 1.2 ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
J Landers, A Kleinschmidt, J Wu, B Burt, D … - Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 2005 - interscience.wiley.com It is also possible that your web browser is not configured or not able to
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ER Temporini, N Kara-José - Arq Bras Oftalmol, 2004 - SciELO Brasil INTRODUÇÃO: A perda visual representa conseqüências adversas para o
indivíduo e sociedade. O aumento da população mundial, com proporção maior
de idosos, acarreta aumento de indivíduos com perda visual. A ... Cited by 22 - Related articles - Cached - All 3 versions
SR Durkin, R Casson, HS Newland, D Selva - Clinical &# 38; Experimental Ophthalmology, 2006 - ingentaconnect.com The data suggest that although trachoma is still endemic in this South
Australian Aboriginal population the prevalence and severity are less than
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