Eye diseases: the neglected health condition among urban slum population of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract Introduction 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...

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Main Authors: Ipsita Sutradhar, Priyanka Gayen, Mehedi Hasan, Rajat Das Gupta, Tapash Roy, Malabika Sarker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-019-1043-z