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Incidence of Visually Impairing Cataracts Among Older Adults in Kenya

IMPORTANCE: Half of all the cases of blindness worldwide are associated with cataract. Cataract disproportionately affects people living in low- and middle-income countries and persons of African descent. OBJECTIVE: To estimate the 6-year cumulative incidence of visually impairing cataract in adult...

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Autores principales:	Bastawrous, Andrew, Mathenge, Wanjiku, Nkurikiye, John, Wing, Kevin, Rono, Hillary, Gichangi, Michael, Weiss, Helen A., Macleod, David, Foster, Allen, Burton, Matthew, Kuper, Hannah
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	American Medical Association 2019
Materias:	Original Investigation
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6604086/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31251374 http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.6354

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