Towards 2020 vision in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-2

  Saw, Seang Mei ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; EDITORIAL; GLAUCOMA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SINGAPORE; UNDERCORRECTED REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 33645817947     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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