Current status of cataract blindness and Vision 2020: The right to sight initiative in India

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 489-494

  Murthy, G V S ^a,b   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b   John, Neena ^a   Vashist, Praveen ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; The right to sight; Vision 2020

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 54349100285     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.42774     Document Type: Article

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