Iranian cataract surgery survey: Design and study protocol

Iranian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 39-44

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Alipour, Fatemeh ^b   Fotouhi, Akbar ^c   Alaeddini, Farshid ^d   Rezvan, Farhad ^a   Mehravaran, Shiva ^a   Chams, Hormoz ^b,e   Tari, Ali Sadeghi ^b,e   Mansouri, Mohammad Reza ^b   Lashay, Alireza ^b   Malekmadani, Mohammad Hossein ^b,e  

^a NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d R and D Institute   (Iran)

^e Iranian Society of Ophthalmology   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cataract surgery rate; Cataract survey; Cataracts; Protocol

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954506525     PISSN: 2345279x     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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