Awareness of eye diseases in an urban population in southern India.

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Published in Bull World Health Organ on September 18, 2003

Authors

R Dandona1, L Dandona, R K John, C A McCarty, G N Rao

Author Affiliations

1: International Centre for Advancement of Rural Eye Care, L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad-500 034, India. rakhi@icare.stph.net

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