Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 63-70

  Resnikoff, Serge ^a   Pascolini, Donatella ^a   Mariotti, Silvio P ^a   Pokharel, Gopal P ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DECISION MAKING; ESTIMATION METHOD; HEALTH POLICY; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYABILITY; EYE REFRACTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLINDNESS; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISION SCREENING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 38049079736     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/BLT.07.041210     Document Type: Article

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