Global inequality in eye health: Country-level analysis from the global burden of disease study

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1784-1788

  Ono, Koichi ^a   Hiratsuka, Yoshimune ^b   Murakami, Akira ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DISABLED PERSON; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DISABLED PERSONS; EYE DISEASES; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77956242862     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.187930     Document Type: Article

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