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Prevalence, Causes and Socio-Economic Determinants of Vision Loss in Cape Town, South Africa

PURPOSE: To estimate the prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in Cape Town, South Africa and to explore socio-economic and demographic predictors of vision loss in this setting. METHODS: A cross sectional population-based survey was conducted in Cape Town. Eighty-two clusters wer...

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Autores principales:	Cockburn, Nicky, Steven, David, Lecuona, Karin, Joubert, Francois, Rogers, Graeme, Cook, Colin, Polack, Sarah
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Public Library of Science 2012
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3282720/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030718

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