Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Globally, eye diseases are considered as one of the major contributors of nonfatal disabling conditions. In Bangladesh, 1.5% of adults are blind and 21.6% have low vision. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify the community-based prevalence and associated risk factors of eye diseases among slum dw...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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31 January 2019
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BMC ophthalmology
Year: 2019, Volume: 19 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2415 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z 
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| Author Notes: | Ipsita Sutradhar, Priyanka Gayen, Mehedi Hasan, Rajat Das Gupta, Tapash Roy and Malabika Sarker |
| Summary: | Globally, eye diseases are considered as one of the major contributors of nonfatal disabling conditions. In Bangladesh, 1.5% of adults are blind and 21.6% have low vision. Therefore, this paper aimed to identify the community-based prevalence and associated risk factors of eye diseases among slum dwellers of Dhaka city. |
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| Item Description: | Gesehen am 21.02.2019 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2415 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z |