Editorial: Global elimination of blinding trachoma by 2020: Where are we?

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 205-

  West, Sheila K ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL HYPOTHYROIDISM; DISEASE CONTROL; EDITORIAL; INCIDENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; PUBLICATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; HEALTH; HUMAN;

BLINDNESS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; TRACHOMA; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 71049131817     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09286580903144761     Document Type: Editorial

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