Cataract

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 204-207

  Yorston, David ^a   Limburg, Hans ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AUSTRALIA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EYE SURGERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0142042472     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/004947550303300405     Document Type: Review

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