Quality assessment of cataract surgery in regions with low follow-up rates

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Yuzhen ^a   Foster, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATARACT EXTRACTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; MALE; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CATARACT EXTRACTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 84887521563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70007-X     Document Type: Letter

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