The causes of childhood blindness in South Africa

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1691-1695

  O'Sullivan, Jane ^a   Gilbert, Clare ^a   Foster, Allen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HAMSTER; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ANIMALS; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRICETINAE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; HUMANS; SCHOOLS; SOUTH AFRICA; VISION DISORDERS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031299596     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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