L Dandona, R Dandona - BMC medicine, 2006 - biomedcentral.com Three major issues need to be addressed in the revision of these definitions.
First, the existing definitions are based on best-corrected visual acuity, which
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L Bag - Clinical and Experimental Optometry - interscience.wiley.com Trachoma is the leading cause of infectious blindness worldwide. Many
populations living in poverty are affected by trachoma. The infectious organism
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R du Toit, J Ramke, T Naduvilath, G Brian - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2006 - informahealthcare.com Purpose: To determine the awareness, use, and barriers to use of eye services in
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R Khandekar, AJ Mohammed, AA Raisi - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2007 - informahealthcare.com Background: A prevalence survey of blindness and low vision was conducted in
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- ►ajol.info [PDF] Y Berhane, A Worku, A Bejiga, L Adamu, W … - Ethiopian Journal of Health Development, 2008 - ajol.info Prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in Ethiopia 205 Visual^acuity
lest was done for all members of the selecfp households. Both eyes of each
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C Cedrone, F Ricci, C Nucci, M Cesareo, G … - Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 2007 - informahealthcare.com Purpose: To investigate changes in the prevalence of visual impairment in an
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T Bisika, P Courtright, R Geneau, A Kasote, … - African Journal of Traditional, 2009 - bioline.org.br Self-treatment for eye diseases is very common in most developing countries yet
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