Cost of pediatric cataract surgery in Maharashtra, India

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 182-186

  Gogate, Parikshit ^a,b   Dole, Kuldeep ^a   Ranade, Satish ^a   Deshpande, Madan ^a  

^a H V Desai Eye Hospital   (India)

^b Dr Gogate's Eye Clinic   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood blindness; Cost of cataract; Eye care delivery; Pediatric cataract

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880433983     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3980/j.issn.2222-3959.2010.02.22     Document Type: Article

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