Burden of corneal blindness in India

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 198-206

  Gupta, Noopur ^a   Tandon, Radhika ^a   Gupta, Sanjeev ^b   Sreenivas, V ^b   Vashist, Praveen ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

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EID: 84889644690     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.120153     Document Type: Article

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