Prevalence and causes of visual impairment and blindness in central Iran; The Yazd eye study

Journal of Ophthalmic and Vision Research

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 279-285

  Katibeh, Marzieh ^a   Pakravan, Mohammad ^a   Yaseri, Mehdi ^a,b   Pakbin, Mojgan ^a   Soleimanizad, Reza ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Blindness; Community Health Planning; Iran; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948748172     PISSN: 20082010     EISSN: 2008322X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/2008-322X.170362     Document Type: Article

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