Restoring Vision through "Project Prakash": The Opportunities for Merging Science and Service

PLoS Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Sinha, Pawan ^a   Chatterjee, Garga ^a   Gandhi, Tapan ^a   Kalia, Amy ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; CONGENITAL CATARACT; EYE CARE; EYE SURGERY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NEUROIMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PUBLICATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE;

BLINDNESS; CHILD; HUMANS; INDIA; SOCIAL WORK; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL;

EID: 84892683666     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001741     Document Type: Article

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