# Global causes of blindness and distance vision impairment 1990–2020: a systematic review and meta-analysis

**Type:** Papers  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/papers/global-causes-of-blindness-and-distance-vision-impairment-1990-2020-a-systematic/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Author Names | Seth Flaxman,Rupert Bourne,Serge Resnikoff,Peter Ackland,Tasanee Braithwaite,Maria Vittoria Cicinelli,Aditi Das,Jost B. Jonas,Jill Keeffe,John H. Kempen,Janet L Leasher,Hans Limburg,Kovin Naidoo,Konrad Pesudovs,Alex Silvester,Gretchen A Stevens,Nina Tahhan,Tien Yin Wong,Hugh R. Taylor,Rupert Bourne,Peter Ackland,Aries Arditi,Yaniv Barkana,Banu Bozkurt,Tasanee Braithwaite,Alain M. Bron,Donald L. Budenz,Feng Cai,Robert J. Casson,Usha Chakravarthy,Jaewan Choi,Maria Vittoria Cicinelli,Nathan Congdon,Reza Dana,Rakhi Dandona,Lalit Dandona,Aditi Das,Iva Dekaris,Monte A. Del Monte,Jenny P Deva,Laura E. Dreer,Leon B. Ellwein,Marcela Frazier,Kevin D. Frick,David S. Friedman,João M. Furtado,Hua Gao,Gus Gazzard,Ronnie George,Stephen Gichuhi,Víctor García González,Billy R. Hammond,M. Elizabeth Hartnett,Minguang He,J. Fielding Hejtmancik,Flávio Hirai,John J. Huang,April Ingram,Jonathan Javitt,Jost B. Jonas,Charlotte E. Joslin,Jill Keeffe,John H. Kempen,Moncef Khairallah,Rohit Khanna,Judy Kim,George Ι. Lambrou,Van Charles Lansingh,Paolo Lanzetta,Janet L Leasher,Jennifer I. Lim,Hans Limburg,Kaweh Mansouri,Anu Mathew,Alan R. Morse,Beatriz Muñoz,David C. Musch,Kovin Naidoo,Vinay Nangia,M. Palaiou,Maurízio Battaglia Parodi,Fernando Yaacov Peña,Konrad Pesudovs,Tünde Pető,Harry A. Quigley,Murugesan Raju,Pradeep Ramulu,Zane Rankin,Serge Resnikoff,Dana Reza,Alan L. Robin,Luca Rossetti,Jinan Saaddine,Mya Sandar,Janet B. Serle,Tueng T. Shen,Rajesh Shetty,Pamela C. Sieving,Juan Carlos Silva,Alex Silvester |
| Citations | 3,490 |
| DOI | 10.1016/s2214-109x(17)30393-5 |
| Fields | Medicine,Neuroscience |
| Open Access | true |
| OA Status | gold |
| OA URL | http://www.thelancet.com/article/S2214109X17303935/pdf |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/W2761604622 |
| PMID | 29032195 |
| Type | review |
| Year | 2017 |

## Paper authors

- [Pamela C. Sieving](https://scholariq.org/researchers/pamela-c-sieving/)
- [David S. Friedman](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-s-friedman/)
- [Gianni Virgili](https://scholariq.org/researchers/gianni-virgili/)

## Paper primary topic

- [Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/ophthalmology-and-visual-impairment-studies/)

## Paper topics

- [Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/ophthalmology-and-visual-impairment-studies/)
- [Tactile and Sensory Interactions](https://scholariq.org/topics/tactile-and-sensory-interactions/)
- [Retinopathy of Prematurity Studies](https://scholariq.org/topics/retinopathy-of-prematurity-studies/)

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