Prevalence of common ocular morbidities in adult population of Aligarh

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 195-201

  Haq, Inaamul ^a,b   Khan, Zulfia ^a   Khalique, Najam ^a   Amir, Ali ^a   Jilani, Fatima A ^a   Zaidi, Meena ^a  

^a ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Mamata Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Adult; Ocular morbidities; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 69849085801     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.55283     Document Type: Article

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