Childhood visual impairment in Fiji

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 608-612

  Cama, Anasaini T ^a,b   Sikivou, Biu Telaite ^c   Keeffe, Jill E ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Ministry of Health and Medical Services   (Fiji)

^c The Pacific Eye Institute   (Fiji)

^d VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADOLESCENT; BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; FIJI; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 77952123132     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2010.54     Document Type: Article

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