Alabama Black Belt eye care-optometry giving back

Optometry

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 724-729

  Sanspree, Mary Jean ^a   Allison, Carol ^b   Goldblatt, Stephanie Hardwick ^a   Pevsner, Diane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to eye care; Collaborative vision care delivery; Diabetic retinopathy; Eye care disparities; Rural eye care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ECONOMICS; EYE DISEASE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; NEGRO; OPTOMETRY; POVERTY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALABAMA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EYE DISEASES; EYEGLASSES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; OPTOMETRY; POVERTY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 57049151367     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optm.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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