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Visual impairment among eye health workers in a tertiary eye centre in Ghana

OBJECTIVE: To determine causes of visual impairment (VI) among staff of the Eye Centre at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. DESIGN: This was a cross-sectional study. SETTING: The Eye Centre, Korle Bu Teaching Hospital (KBTH), from October 2016 to March 2017 on all consenting members of staff. PARTICIP...

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Autores principales:	Tagoe, Naamuah N, Abaidoo, Benjamin, Fordjuor, Gladys, Seidu, Yakubu A, Acquah, Serwaa A, Akafo, Andrew E, Buxton, Eileen, Fiadoyor, Dorothy, Afenyo, George, Asiedu, Samuel O, Essuman, Vera A
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	Ghana Medical Association 2021
Materias:	Original Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9334960/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35957937 http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/gmj.v55i4.8

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