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Traditional eye medicine use by newly presenting ophthalmic patients to a teaching hospital in south-eastern Nigeria: socio-demographic and clinical correlates

BACKGROUND: This study set out to determine the incidence, socio-demographic, and clinical correlates of Traditional Eye Medicine (TEM) use in a population of newly presenting ophthalmic outpatients attending a tertiary eye care centre in south-eastern Nigeria. METHODS: In a comparative cross-sectio...

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Autores principales:	Eze, Boniface Ikenna, Chuka-Okosa, Chimdi Memnofu, Uche, Judith Nkechi
Formato:	Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2009
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2773756/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19852826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6882-9-40

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