Real cost of recycled spectacles

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-309

  Wilson, David A ^a,b   Cronjé, Sonja ^a,b   Frick, Kevin ^c,d   Holden, Brien A ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b Vision Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

donated spectacles; recycled spectacles; second hand spectacles; uncorrected presbyopia; uncorrected refractive error

Indexed keywords

DONATED SPECTACLES; RECYCLED SPECTACLES; REFRACTIVE ERROR; SECOND-HAND SPECTACLES; UNCORRECTED PRESBYOPIA;

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EYEGLASSES; RECYCLING;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; REFRACTION ERROR; SPECTACLES;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EYEGLASSES; HUMANS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 84857914638     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318242cfae     Document Type: Article

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