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Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies

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  • Andrew Bastawrous Clinical Research Department, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • William H Dean Nkhoma Eye Hospital, Nkhoma, MalawiOphthalmology Department, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, UK PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Justin C Sherwin Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKLions Eye Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Andrew Bastawrous, Clinical Research Department, Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK; andrew.bastawrous{at}lshtm.ac.uk
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Bastawrous A, Dean WH, Sherwin JC
Blindness and visual impairment due to age-related cataract in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review of recent population-based studies
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2013;97:1237-1243.

Publication history

  • Received January 17, 2013
  • Revised April 8, 2013
  • Accepted April 21, 2013
  • First published May 21, 2013.
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March 22, 2016

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