Health seeking behavior of the families of children with cataract attending an eye clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 271-280

  Leite, Claudia ^a   Zin, Andrea ^b  

^a Instituto Brasileiro de Oftalmologia IBOL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cataract congenital; Cataract therapy; Child; Health services

Indexed keywords

EID: 80855127844     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492011000400009     Document Type: Article

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