Global blindness - VISION 2020: The right to sight

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1457-

  Chandra, Suresh R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDITORIAL; EYE CARE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; PATIENT CARE; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLINDNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PATIENT RIGHTS; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54049133692     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.126.10.1457     Document Type: Editorial

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