Creation of priority criteria for corneal transplantation and analysis of factors associated with surgery following implementation

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 320-324

  Courtright, Paul ^a   Poon, Christina I ^a   Richards, John S F ^a   Chow, Debbie L ^b   Ottenbreit, Glenn ^b   Holland, Simon P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Eye Bank of British Columbia   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGEON; TIME; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0030708947     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03403898     Document Type: Article

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