Change in educational opportunities for children who have had cataract surgery in Tanzania

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 44-48

  Mosha, Mary ^a   Courtright, Paul ^b  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

^b TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Childhood cataract; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 58149104325     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350802289079     Document Type: Article

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