Present status of eye care in India

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-101

  Thomas, Ravi ^a   Paul, Padma ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a   Muliyil, J P ^b   Mathai, Annie ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

blindness definition; cataract; childhood blindness; corneal blindness, glaucoma; national program for control of blindness (NPCB); refractive errors

Indexed keywords

ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; MITOMYCIN;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EYEBANK; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLAUCOMA; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SCREENING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 11144274521     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2004.10.008     Document Type: Article

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