Child eye health tertiary facilities in Africa

Journal of AAPOS

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 263-266

  Agarwal, Pankaj Kumar ^a   Bowman, Richard ^b,c   Courtright, Paul ^d  

^a Tennent Institute of Ophthalmology   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Comprehensive Community Based Rehabilitation in Tanzania Hospital ^*  (Tanzania)

^d Good Samaritan Foundation   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONGENITAL CATARACT; EYE CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANPOWER; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STRABISMUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRAINING;

AFRICA; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; EYE DISEASES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; STRABISMUS;

EID: 77955332799     PISSN: 10918531     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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