Raising awareness of blindness as another smoking-related condition: A public health role for optometrists?

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-44

  Loo, Diana Ls ^a,b   Ng, Deborah Hl ^a,c   Tang, Wilfred ^d   Eong, Kah Guan Au ^a,e,f,g,h  

^a ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^d SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

^e Jurong Medical Centre Singapore   (Singapore)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^g TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^h SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING;

BLINDNESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; OPTOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 58149166445     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2008.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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