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Blindness Epidemiology

Blindness Epidemiology is a subfield of ophthalmic epidemiology that investigates the distribution, determinants, and population-level impact of blindness in human populations, including its incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and outcomes, to inform prevention and control strategies.

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The number of people with glaucoma worldwide in 2010 and 2020

Harry A. Quigley · British Journal of Ophthalmology · 2006 · 7.4K citations · Full text

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Causes and Prevalence of Visual Impairment Among Adults in the UnitedStates

Archives of Ophthalmology · 2004 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Corneal blindness: a global perspective.

John P. Whitcher, Muthiah Srinivasan, Madan Prasad Upadhyay · PubMed · 2001 · 1.5K citations

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Dietary carotenoids, vitamins A, C, and E, and advanced age-related macular degeneration. Eye Disease Case-Control Study Group

Johanna M. Seddon · JAMA · 1994 · 1.2K citations

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Global data on blindness.

B Thylefors, A D Négrel, R Pararajasegaram et al. · PubMed · 1995 · 1.1K citations

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  1. CG
    Clare Gilbert

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    72 publications · 5.7K citations

    41

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  2. AF
    Allen Foster

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    56 publications · 4K citations

    35

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  3. HR
    Hugh R. Taylor

    The University of Melbourne, Australia

    44 publications · 3.6K citations

    27

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  4. HL
    Hans Limburg

    London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom

    31 publications · 1.9K citations

    24

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  5. RB
    Rupert Bourne

    Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

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  1. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

    London, United Kingdom

    52 h-index

    373 publications

    21.4K citations

  2. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    45 h-index

    160 publications

    23.4K citations

  3. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    33 h-index

    110 publications

    9.6K citations

  4. The University of Melbourne

    Melbourne, Australia

    31 h-index

    171 publications

    12K citations

  5. Centre for Eye Research Australia

    East Melbourne, Australia

    27 h-index

    145 publications

    9.1K citations

  6. L V Prasad Eye Institute

    Hyderabad, India

    26 h-index

    144 publications

    7.1K citations

  7. Johns Hopkins Medicine

    Baltimore, United States

    24 h-index

    71 publications

    9.3K citations

  8. University of London

    London, United Kingdom

    24 h-index

    58 publications

    3.6K citations

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  1. British Journal of Ophthalmology

    BJO · 171 publications · 19.5K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 255 publications · 12.6K citations

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  3. Ophthalmology

    67 publications · 9K citations

    48

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  4. Ophthalmic Epidemiology

    134 publications · 5.8K citations

    40

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  5. PLoS ONE

    41 publications · 2.2K citations

    30

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