Cataract surgery and intraocular lens manufacturing in India

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-65

  Aravind, Srinivasan ^a   Haripriya, Aravind ^a   Sumara Taranum, B Syeda ^a  

^a ARAVIND EYE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Intraocular lens; National Program for Control of Blindness

Indexed keywords

AMALGAM;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; LENS; LENS IMPLANT; MARKET; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; VISION;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INDIA; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; PREVALENCE; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 37349100450     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3282f2aaed     Document Type: Review

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