Open AccessVisual impairment and blindness among the students of blind schools in Allahabad and its vicinity: A causal assessment
Author(s) -
Sushank A Bhalerao,
Mahesh Tandon,
Santar Pal Singh,
Shraddha Dwivedi,
Surendra Kumar,
Jagriti Rana
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of ophthalmology/indian journal of ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1998-3689
pISSN - 0301-4738
DOI - 10.4103/0301-4738.156930
Subject(s) - medicine , blindness , visual impairment , optometry , audiology , psychiatry
Information on eye diseases in blind school children in Allahabad is rare and sketchy. A cross-sectional study was performed to identify causes of blindness (BL) in blind school children with an aim to gather information on ocular morbidity in the blind schools in Allahabad and in its vicinity.