Global blindness;Globale Blindheit

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 845-848

  Schulze Schwering, M ^a  

^a Augenchirurgie Am Gesundheitszentrum Rechts der Ems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; CSR (cataract surgical rate); Global blindness; ICD 10 classification; VISION 2020

Indexed keywords

EID: 35948967604     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: 14330423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-007-1606-x     Document Type: Article

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