Cataract blindness

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1452-1455

  Robin, Alan L ^a   Thulasiraj, Ravilla D ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARAVIND EYE CARE SYSTEM   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; EDITORIAL; EYE CARE; EYE EXAMINATION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

BLINDNESS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84869146681     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.765     Document Type: Editorial

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