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Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment among elderly residents in ‘homes for the aged’ in India: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)

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  • Srinivas Marmamula Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India Brien Holden Institute of Optometry and Vision Science, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Wellcome Trust / Department of Biotechnology India Alliance, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, US PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Navya Rekha Barrenakala Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rajesh Challa Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Thirupathi Reddy Kumbham Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Satya Brahmanandam Modepalli Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Ratnakar Yellapragada Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Madhuri Bhakki Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Rohit C Khanna Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, Gullapalli Pratibha Rao International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • David S Friedman Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School Department of Ophthalmology, Boston, US PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Srinivas Marmamula, Allen Foster Community Eye Health Research Centre, GPR ICARE, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad 500034, India; sri.marmamula{at}lvpei.org
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Marmamula S, Barrenakala NR, Challa R, et al
Prevalence and risk factors for visual impairment among elderly residents in ‘homes for the aged’ in India: the Hyderabad Ocular Morbidity in Elderly Study (HOMES)
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2021;105:32-36.
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December 11, 2020

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