Blindness and poverty in India: The way forward

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 406-414

  Khanna, Rohit ^a   Raman, Usha ^a   Rao, Gullapalli N ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; India; Poverty; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; HUMAN; INDIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BLINDNESS; HUMANS; INDIA; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 35448973733     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2007.00199.x     Document Type: Article

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