Cataract in Latin America: Findings from nine recent surveys

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 449-455

  Umburg, Hans ^a   Silva, Juan C ^b   Foster, Allen ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Blindness; Cataract; Latin America; Population surveys

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; VISION;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE AGED;

LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 68349125387     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: 16805348     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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