IT-enabled innovation to prevent infant blindness in rural India: The KIDROP experience

Journal of Indian Business Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 98-102

  Vinekar, Anand ^a  

^a Narayana Nethralaya Postgraduate Institute of Ophthalmology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Blindness; India; Infants; Information technology; Opthalmology; Rural areas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993089478     PISSN: 17554195     EISSN: 17554209     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17554191111132215     Document Type: Article

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