Retinal Diseases and VISION 2020

Community Eye Health

Volumn 16, Issue 46, 2003, Pages 19-20

  Yorston, David ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DISEASE;

EID: 1842502743     PISSN: 09536833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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