Monitoring and evaluating cataract intervention in India

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 951-955

  Limburg, Hans ^a,d   Kumar, Raj ^b   Bachani, D ^c  

^a Danish Assistance to the National Programme for Control of Blindness (DANPCB)   (India)

^b WORLD BANK   (India)

^c Directorate General of Health Services   (India)

^d DANPCB   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL AUDIT; MONITORING; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; STAFF; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029823288     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.11.951     Document Type: Article

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