Estimation of global visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error

Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Dandona, Lalit ^a   Dandona, Rakhi ^a  

^a GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; HEALTH SURVEY; LETTER; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 48749130889     PISSN: 00429686     EISSN: 15640604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2471/blt.08.053652     Document Type: Letter

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