- ►v2020la.org [PDF] G Tabin, M Chen, L Espandar - Current Opinion in Ophthalmology, 2008 - journals.lww.com Introduction Cataract blindness poses one of the greatest public health
challenges of the 21st century. Cataract is the leading cause of blindness
worldwide, accounting for nearly half (47.8%) of all cases of blindness ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
S Lewallen, A Mousa, K Bassett, P Courtright - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com Background: Cataract remains the leading cause of global blindness. Evidence
from population-based surveys, carried out up to 2000, and the launch of the
VISION 2020 initiative to address avoidable blindness showed that women in ... Cited by 8 - Related articles - All 3 versions
H Kuper, S Polack, C Eusebio, W Mathenge, Z … - PLoS Med, 2008 - medicine.plosjournals.org A population-based case–control study was conducted in three countries during
2005–2006. Cases were persons aged 50 y or older and visually impaired due to
cataract (visual acuity < 6/24 in the better eye). Controls were persons ... Cited by 4 - Related articles - Cached - All 12 versions
H Limburg, FB von-Bischhoffshausen, P Gomez … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2008 - bjo.bmj.com Conclusions: 43% to 88% of all blindness in Latin America is curable, being
caused by cataract and refractive errors. Simple and cost-effective intervention
strategies exist and need to be made available to more people. Also, the ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
R Lindfield, H Kuper, S Polack, C Eusebio, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2009 - bjo.bmj.com Results: 452 eyes of 346 people underwent surgery. 124 (27%) eyes had an adverse
outcome. In Kenya and the Philippines, the main cause of adverse outcome was
refractive error (37% and 49% respectively of all adverse outcomes) then ... Cited by 1 - Related articles - All 3 versions
R Lindfield, H Kuper, S Polack… - bjo.bmj.com Page 1. doi: 10.1136/bjo.2008.152744 published online February 11, 2009 Br J
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W Jenchitr, C Pongprayoon, N Sothornwit, … - J Med Assoc Thai, 2008 - medassocthai.org Correspondence to: Jenchitr W. Department of Ophthalmol- ogy, Priest Hospital.
Sri Ayuthya street, Bangkok 10400, Thailand. Phone&Fax:0-2354-4275, E-mail:
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- ►nih.gov S Lewallen - PLoS Med, 2008 - apop.allenpress.com First, the question of whether poverty causes cataract blindness, or cataract
blindness causes poverty, cannot be answered from a case-control study. It is
easy to imagine that lack of money keeps the poor from accessing cataract ... Related articles - All 6 versions
I Hans Limburg, JC Silva, A Foster - Rev Panam Salud Publica, 2009 - SciELO Public Health Key words: Cataract, blindness, population surveys, Latin America. ...
OBJETIVO: Hacer una revisión de los datos recientes sobre ceguera y visión
reducida por catarata en América Latina. MÉTODO: Presentación de los ... Related articles - Cached - All 2 versions
