- ►nih.gov L Vijaya, R George, H Arvind, M Baskaran, … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2006 - bjo.bmj.com Methods: 3924/4800 enumerated (81.75%) subjects, aged 40 years or more from
rural Tamil Nadu, underwent comprehensive ophthalmic examination—visual
acuity, refraction, intraocular pressure, gonioscopy, cataract grading ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
D Bachani, GVS Murthy, KS GUPTA - Indian Journal of Public Health, 2000 - cat.inist.fr 28055 persons aged 50 yrs+ from seven states in India were surveyed by a rapid
assessment technique for cataract blindness. The prevalence of bilateral
blindness(vision< 6/60 in the better eye) was 11. 68 percent(95% CI 10. ... Cited by 12 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
AL Robin, PK Nirmalan, R Krishnadas, R … - Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, 2004 - pubmedcentral.nih.gov One thousand eight hundred and twenty-seven persons (35.5%) gave a history of
prior eye examinations, primarily from a general hospital (n = 1,073, 58.7%).
Increasing age and education were associated with increased utilization of ... Cited by 6 - Related articles - All 8 versions
H Limburg, K Vaidyanathan, KN Pampattiwar - Indian journal of ophthalmology, 1996 - Medknow A door to door survey on cataract blindness in persons 40 years and older was
conducted in Mohadi Block, Bhandara District of Maharashtra in 1992. Because of
a decrease in cataract cases in the out patient clinic, as well as in the ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - Cached - BL Direct - All 3 versions
R Thomas, P Paul, GN Rao, JP Muliyil, A … - Survey of ophthalmology, 2005 - Elsevier India, the second most populous country in the world, is home to 23.5% of the
world's blind population. In 1976 India became the first country in the world to
start a national program for control of blindness. All surveys in the ... Cited by 10 - Related articles - All 10 versions
EJ Lamb, AP Day - Annals of clinical biochemistry, 2000 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1: Ann Clin Biochem. 2000 Sep;37 ( Pt 5):588-92. New diagnostic criteria for
diabetes mellitus: are we any further forward? Lamb EJ, Day AP. ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
[CITATION] Collaborative study on blindness (1971–1974)
TS Chandrashekhar, HV Bhat, RP Pai, SK … - Tropical doctor, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov To estimate the prevalence of blindness and its causes among those aged 50 years
and above in rural Karnataka. A total of 1505 people aged 50 years and above
from 15 villages were examined. The participants were selected through a ... Cited by 3 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 versions
GN Rao - Archives of Ophthalmology, 2000 - archopht.highwire.org OPHTHALMOLOGY IN India has a long history. From the days of Sushruta (considered
the first surgeion of the world as well as the father of cataract surgery) to
the present time, the evolution has been arduous, given all the constraints ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 2 versions
- ►nih.gov - Free from Publisher A Raychaudhuri, SK Lahiri, M Bandyopadhyay … - British Journal of Ophthalmology, 2005 - bjo.bmj.com Results: 1594 people aged ⩾50 years were enumerated in nine villages; 1324
(83.1%) were surveyed and 1269 people adequately examined. 42 definite cases of
glaucoma were identified, with prevalence increasing from 2.7% (95% CI 1.7 ... Cited by 15 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
