title: Blindness and Visual Impairment in the Republic of Suriname.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Suriname Eye Center, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname. Electronic address: j.minderhoud@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Janna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Minderhoud
authors.affiliation: Suriname Eye Center, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Jerrel C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Pawiroredjo
authors.affiliation: Suriname Eye Center, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Herman C I
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Themen
authors.affiliation: Suriname Eye Center, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Anne-Marie T
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Bueno de Mesquita-Voigt
authors.affiliation: Suriname Eye Center, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Michael R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Siban
authors.affiliation: Suriname Eye Center, Academic Hospital Paramaribo, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Cindy M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Forster-Pawiroredjo
authors.affiliation: Health Information Services, Grootebroek, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Limburg
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ruth M A
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: van Nispen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Anton de Kom University of Suriname, Paramaribo, Suriname.
authors.forename: Dennis R A
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Mans
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology and EMGO+ Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Annette C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Moll
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D001766:Blindness / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013532:Suriname / Q000453:epidemiology; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019987:Persons with Visual Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*