Cataract surgical coverage and outcome in the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on January 01, 2005

Authors

K L Bassett1, K Noertjojo, L Liu, F S Wang, C Tenzing, A Wilkie, M Santangelo, P Courtright

Author Affiliations

1: British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, Department of Ophthalmology, The University of British Columbia, 429-2194 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver BC V6T 1Z3, Canada. bassett@chspr.ubc.ca

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