Cataract, Visual Impairment and Long-Term Mortality in a Rural Cohort in India: The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study

Rohit C. Khanna; Gudlavalleti V. S. Murthy; Pyda Giridhar; Sannapaneni Krishnaiah; Hira B. Pant; Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha; Subhabrata Chakrabarti; Clare Gilbert; Gullapalli N. Rao

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0078002

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Cataract, Visual Impairment and Long-Term Mortality in a Rural Cohort in India: The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study

Rohit C. Khanna ,

* E-mail: rohit@lvpei.org

Affiliations Allen Foster Research Centre for Community Eye Health, International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Gudlavalleti V. S. Murthy,

Affiliations International Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India
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Pyda Giridhar,

Affiliations Allen Foster Research Centre for Community Eye Health, International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Sannapaneni Krishnaiah,

Affiliations Allen Foster Research Centre for Community Eye Health, International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Hira B. Pant,

Affiliation Indian Institute of Public Health, Hyderabad, India
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Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha,

Affiliations Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Subhabrata Chakrabarti,

Affiliation Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Clare Gilbert,

Affiliation International Centre for Eye Health, Department of Clinical Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom
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Gullapalli N. Rao

Affiliations Allen Foster Research Centre for Community Eye Health, International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye care, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India, Brien Holden Eye Research Centre, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Cataract, Visual Impairment and Long-Term Mortality in a Rural Cohort in India: The Andhra Pradesh Eye Disease Study

Rohit C. Khanna,
Gudlavalleti V. S. Murthy,
Pyda Giridhar,
Sannapaneni Krishnaiah,
Hira B. Pant,
Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha,
Subhabrata Chakrabarti,
Clare Gilbert,
Gullapalli N. Rao

Published: October 25, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078002

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