Medical students' perception on eye donation in Delhi

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-52

  Singh, Meghachandra M ^a,b   Rahi, Manju ^a   Pagare, Deepti ^a   Ingle, G K ^a  

^a MAULANA AZAD MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b 71A/ J and K Pocket ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Corneal transplantation; Eye donation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DATA ANALYSIS; EYE DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TIME OF DEATH;

EID: 33846068613     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 03014738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.29495     Document Type: Article

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