Cataract surgery in developing countries

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 10-14

  Khanna, Rohit ^a   Pujari, Siddharth ^a   Sangwan, Virender ^a  

^a L V PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Barriers; Cataract surgery; Developing countries; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; AGING; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISION;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT EXTRACTION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS;

EID: 79955029788     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3283414f50     Document Type: Article

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