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Are Blind People More Likely to Accept Free Cataract Surgery? A Study of Vision-Related Quality of Life and Visual Acuity in Kenya

Sebastian BriesenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Helen RobertsKwale District Eye Centre, Mombasa, Kenya
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Dunera IlakoDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Jefitha KarimurioDepartment of Ophthalmology, College of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya
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Paul CourtrightKilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology, Moshi, Tanzania
Pages 41-49 | Received 09 Jun 2009, Accepted 18 Sep 2009, Published online: 25 Jan 2010

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Sebastian Briesen, Helen Roberts & Robert P. Finger. (2014) The Impact of Visual Impairment on Health-related Quality of Life in Rural Africa. Ophthalmic Epidemiology 21:5, pages 297-306.
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Sebastian Briesen, Robert Geneau, Helen Roberts, Jael Opiyo & Paul Courtright. (2010) Understanding why patients with cataract refuse free surgery: the influence of rumours in Kenya. Tropical Medicine & International Health.
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