Blindness certification of children 1 year after diagnosis: Findings from the British Childhood Vision Impairment Study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1694-1695

  Cumberland, P M ^a   Peckham, C S ^a   Rahi, Jugnoo S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLINDNESS; CHILD; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

BLINDNESS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; VISION, LOW;

EID: 78649810450     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.182196     Document Type: Letter

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