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Prevalence, care-seeking practices and impact of self-reported vision impairment in Southwest Cameroon: a community-based study

OBJECTIVES: To establish the prevalence of self-reported vision impairment (VI) in Southwest Cameroon and describe associated care-seeking practices, functional limitations and economic hardships. DESIGN: A three-stage clustered sampling household community-based survey. SETTING: The Southwest regio...

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Autores principales:	Mbeboh, Susan N, Christie, Sabrinah Ariane, Carvalho, Melissa, Dickson, Drusia, Nana, Theophile, Embolo, Frida, Dicker, Rochelle, Juillard, Catherine, Chichom Mefire, Alain
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BMJ Publishing Group 2020
Materias:	Global Health
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7692974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33243810 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041367

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