Economic Burden of Blindness in India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Shamanna, B R ^a   Dandona, Lalit ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cost effectiveness; Economic analysis; Economic loss

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0032150897     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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