Epidemiology of cataract in childhood: a global perspective. Export

@article{citeulike:763422, abstract = {Cataract is the most important cause of treatable childhood blindness. There are an estimated 200,000 children blind from cataract worldwide; 20,000 to 40,000 children with developmental bilateral cataract are born each year. Rubella is still an important cause of preventable disease in many countries. In the developing world, there is a need to improve early case detection and referral services and to establish centers with expertise in the assessment, surgical treatment, and long-term management of the child with cataract.}, address = {International Centre for Eye Health, London, United Kingdom.}, author = {Foster, A. and Gilbert, C. and Rahi, J.}, citeulike-article-id = {763422}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9278811}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9278811}, issn = {0886-3350}, journal = {J Cataract Refract Surg}, keywords = {blindness, childhood}, pages = {601--604}, posted-at = {2008-01-20 19:44:48}, priority = {2}, title = {Epidemiology of cataract in childhood: a global perspective.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9278811}, volume = {23 Suppl 1}, year = {1997} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:763422 L3 - citeulike-article-id:763422 N2 - Cataract is the most important cause of treatable childhood blindness. There are an estimated 200,000 children blind from cataract worldwide; 20,000 to 40,000 children with developmental bilateral cataract are born each year. Rubella is still an important cause of preventable disease in many countries. In the developing world, there is a need to improve early case detection and referral services and to establish centers with expertise in the assessment, surgical treatment, and long-term management of the child with cataract. JF - J Cataract Refract Surg SN - 0886-3350 AD - International Centre for Eye Health, London, United Kingdom. EP - 604 TI - Epidemiology of cataract in childhood: a global perspective. VL - 23 Suppl 1 SP - 601 KW - blindness KW - childhood AU - Foster, A AU - Gilbert, C AU - Rahi, J PY - 1997/// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9278811 ER -