Cataract surgery in Australia 1985-94

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 313-317

  Keeffe, Jill E ^a   Taylor, Hugh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; cataract surgery; intraocular lens; rates of surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

EID: 0030497598     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1996.tb01601.x     Document Type: Article

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