Vision impairment in the Pacific region

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 605-610

  Keeffe, Jill E ^a   Konyama, K ^b   Taylor, H R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHINA; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EYE INJURY; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KERATITIS; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW; TRACHOMA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CHINA; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0036280101     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.6.605     Document Type: Review

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