Cataract blindness in the developing world: Is there a solution?

Journal of Agromedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 205-220

  Isaacs, Robert ^a   Ram, Jagat ^b   Apple, David ^c,d  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber; Cataract; Cataract blindness; Cataract extraction; Intraocular prosthesis design; Third world lenses

Indexed keywords

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; LENS IMPLANT; LENS IMPLANTATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; LENS IMPLANTATION, INTRAOCULAR; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350498837     PISSN: 1059924X     EISSN: 15450813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J096v09n02_13     Document Type: Article

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