A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh.

Authors :: Kuper, Hannah
Polack, Sarah
Eusebio, Cristina
Mathenge, Wanjiku
Wadud, Zakia
Foster, Allen
Source :: PLoS Medicine; Dec2008, Vol. 5 Issue 12, pe244, 13p, 1 Chart, 5 Graphs
Publication Year :: 2008
Abstract: Hannah Kuper and colleagues report a population-based case-control study conducted in three countries that found an association between poverty and visual impairment from cataract. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: PEOPLE with visual disabilities
CATARACT diagnosis
VISION disorders -- Social aspects
POVERTY research
HEALTH of poor people

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