Turning the tide of corneal blindness

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 423-427

  Oliva, Matthew S ^a,b   Schottman, Tim ^b   Gulati, Manoj ^c  

^a Himalayan Cataract Project   (United States)

^b SightLife   (United States)

^c Sight Life India   (India)

Author keywords

Avoidable blindness; cataract surgical rate; corneal blindness; eye care services

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYEBANK; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BLINDNESS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EYE BANKS; HUMANS;

EID: 84866425635     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: 19983689     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0301-4738.100540     Document Type: Article

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