What is the cost of blindness?

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on October 01, 2003

Authors

C Meads1, C Hyde

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, West Midlands Health Technology Assessment Group, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK. c.a.meads@bham.ac.uk

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