The challenge of uncorrected refractive error: Driving the agenda of the Durban Declaration on refractive error and service development

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 131-136

  Naidoo, Kovin S ^a,b   Wallace, Diane B ^a,b   Holden, Brien A ^a,b   Minto, Hasan ^c   Faal, Hannah B ^c   Dube, Palesa ^a  

^a International Centre for Eyecare Education   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c SIGHTSAVERS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Durban; Uncorrected refractive error

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BLINDNESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH PRIORITIES; HUMANS; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED NATIONS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77953737802     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2010.00455.x     Document Type: Review

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