Geographical distribution of eye health professionals and cataract surgery in Lao People's Democratic Republic

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 354-361

  Ono, Koichi ^a   Visonnavong, Vithoune ^b   Konyama, Kazuichi ^a   Hiratsuka, Yoshimune ^a   Murakami, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Health   (Laos)

Author keywords

Cataract surgeon; Cataract surgery; Eye health; Geographical distribution; Gini coefficient; Inequality; Lao PDR; Ophthalmic nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LAOS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; OPHTHALMOLOGIST; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY;

EID: 72049117089     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: 17445086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09286580903312244     Document Type: Article

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