Internet-based eye care: VISION 2020

Lancet

Volumn 366, Issue 9493, 2005, Pages 1244-1245

  Kumar, Sajeesh ^a   Yogesan, Kanagasingam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARAB; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONSULTATION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DACRYOCYSTORHINOSTOMY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EQUIPMENT; EYE DISEASE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH PROGRAM; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MIDDLE EAST; NOTE; ORBIT TUMOR; PATIENT MONITORING; PEROPERATIVE CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26244449075     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67505-8     Document Type: Note

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