Forecasting cataract blindness - And planning to combat it

World Health Forum

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 15-20

  Limburg, H ^a   Kumar, Raj ^b   Bachani, D ^b  

^a Natl Prog Contr Blindn in India   (India)

^b Government of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; INDIA; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; SHORT SURVEY;

ADULT; AGED; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED;

BLINDNESS; EYE CARE; HEALTH INTERVENTION PROGRAMME;

INDIA;

EID: 0029668703     PISSN: 02512432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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