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Review of recent surveys on blindness and visual impairment in Latin America.

Limburg H, Barria von-Bischhoffshausen F, Gomez P, Silva JC, Foster A.

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Cataract in Latin America: findings from nine recent surveys.

Limburg H, Silva JC, Foster A.

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Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Limbe urban area, South West Province, Cameroon.

Oye JE, Kuper H.

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A population based eye survey of older adults in Tirunelveli district of south India: blindness, cataract surgery, and visual outcomes.

Nirmalan PK, Thulasiraj RD, Maneksha V, Rahmathullah R, Ramakrishnan R, Padmavathi A, Munoz SR, Ellwein LB.

Br J Ophthalmol. 2002 May;86(5):505-12.PMID: 11973242 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Causes of blindness and visual impairment in urban and rural areas in Beijing: the Beijing Eye Study.

Xu L, Wang Y, Li Y, Wang Y, Cui T, Li J, Jonas JB.

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Blindness and vision impairment in a rural south Indian population: the Aravind Comprehensive Eye Survey.

Thulasiraj RD, Nirmalan PK, Ramakrishnan R, Krishnadas R, Manimekalai TK, Baburajan NP, Katz J, Tielsch JM, Robin AL.

Ophthalmology. 2003 Aug;110(8):1491-8.PMID: 12917162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Bangladeshi adults: results of the National Blindness and Low Vision Survey of Bangladesh.

Dineen BP, Bourne RR, Ali SM, Huq DM, Johnson GJ.

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Prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in a rural setting in Pakistan.

Ahmad K, Khan MD, Qureshi MB, Munami S, Shah RA, Rasheed H, Jamali B, Baluch A, Khan MA.

Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005 Feb;12(1):19-23.PMID: 15848917 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence of blindness and low vision in Malaysian population: results from the National Eye Survey 1996.

Zainal M, Ismail SM, Ropilah AR, Elias H, Arumugam G, Alias D, Fathilah J, Lim TO, Ding LM, Goh PP.

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Prevalence and causes of blindness and low vision in Timor-Leste.

Ramke J, Palagyi A, Naduvilath T, du Toit R, Brian G.

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Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Western Rwanda: blindness in a postconflict setting.

Mathenge W, Nkurikiye J, Limburg H, Kuper H.

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Causes of low vision and blindness in rural Indonesia.

Saw SM, Husain R, Gazzard GM, Koh D, Widjaja D, Tan DT.

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Magnitude and causes of blindness and low vision in Anambra State of Nigeria (results of 1992 point prevalence survey).

Ezepue UF.

Public Health. 1997 Sep;111(5):305-9.PMID: 9308379 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The Pakistan national blindness and visual impairment survey--research design, eye examination methodology and results of the pilot study.

Bourne R, Dineen B, Jadoon Z, Lee PS, Khan A, Johnson GJ, Foster A, Khan D; Pakistan National Eye Survey Study Group.

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Cataract blindness in 4 regions of Guatemala: results of a population-based survey.

Beltranena F, Casasola K, Silva JC, Limburg H.

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Gender differences in adult blindness and low vision, Central Ethiopia.

Woldeyes A, Adamu Y.

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Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness in Nakuru district, Kenya.

Mathenge W, Kuper H, Limburg H, Polack S, Onyango O, Nyaga G, Foster A.

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Prevalence and causes of visual impairment among the elderly in Nantong, China.

Li L, Guan H, Xun P, Zhou J, Gu H.

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The National Blindness and Low Vision Prevalence Survey of Bangladesh: research design, eye examination methodology and results of the pilot study.

Bourne RR, Dineen B, Modasser Ali S, Mohammed Noorul Huq D, Johnson GJ.

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Blindness and low vision in adults in Ozoro, a rural community in Delta State, Nigeria.

Patrick-Ferife G, Ashaye AO, Qureshi BM.

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