Prevalence and associated factors for pterygium in rural agrarian central India. The central India eye and medical study.

PURPOSE: To evaluate the prevalence of pterygia and associated factors in a rural population in a mostly undeveloped agrarian region. METHODS: The Central India Eye and Medical Study is a population-based study performed in a rural region of Central India. The study comprised 4711 subjects (aged 30+...

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Main Authors: Vinay Nangia, Jost B Jonas, Deepa Nair, Nandita Saini, Prabhat Nangia, Songhomitra Panda-Jonas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3854013?pdf=render