The Prevalence and Causes of Visaual Impairment and Blindness in a Rural Population in the North of Iran

• Main Authors: Hassan HASHEMI (Author), Farhad REZVAN (Author), AbbasAli YEKTA (Author), Hadi OSTADIMOGHADDAM (Author), Sara SOROUSH (Author), Nooshin DADBIN (Author), Mehdi KHABAZKHOOB (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Visual impairment is a very important public health problem. In Iran, reports of visual impairment and blindness have been published from the urban population while the prevalence of visual impairment in the rural popu-lation has not been reported. The purpose of this study to determine...