Twenty years of childhood blindness: What have we learnt?

Community Eye Health Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 67, 2008, Pages 46-47

  Gillbert, Clare ^a,b   Muhit, Mohammed ^c  

^a International Centre for Eye Health   (United Kingdom)

^b SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 55749096082     PISSN: 09536833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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