A practical method for reducing blindness due to retinopathy of prematurity in a developing country

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 577-582

  Gordillo, Luz ^a,b   Villanueva, Ana Maria ^a   Quinn, Graham E ^c  

^a Instituto Damos Vision   (Peru)

^b Pediatric Ophthalmology Unit   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Retinopathy of prematurity; Situational analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVENTION WORKSHOP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERU; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; TRAINING;

BLINDNESS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; OXYGEN; PERU; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 84869475874     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2011-0225     Document Type: Article

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