Prevention of blindness and priorities for the future

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-248

  West, Sheila ^a   Sommer, Alfred ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Blindness epidemiology; Blindness etiology; Blindness prevention and control; Forecasting (source: MeSH); Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DISEASE CONTROL; FUTURE PROSPECT; HEALTH CARE; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; INFECTION; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; PRIMARY PREVENTION; UNEMPLOYMENT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGING; BLINDNESS; COST OF ILLNESS; FORECASTING; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0035082388     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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