The short-sighted perspective of long-term eye health-care

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 565-567

  Jamous, Khalid Fahad ^a,b   Kalloniatis, Michael ^a   Boon, Mei Ying ^a   Jalbert, Isabelle ^a   Zangerl, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Co management; Diabetes; Glaucoma; Health care; Multidisciplinary; Ocular health; Ophthalmologists; Optometrists

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EYE DISEASES; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY; PROCEDURES;

AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETRY;

EID: 84906689408     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cxo.12194     Document Type: Article

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