Closing the gaps between urban and rural eye health and eye care services

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 313-314

  Wang, Jie Jin ^a   Gillies, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGE; AUSTRALIA; EDITORIAL; EYE DISEASE; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RURAL AREA; SAMPLE; TELECOMMUNICATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AUSTRALIA; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 0036800272     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-9071.2002.00547.x     Document Type: Editorial

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