Cataract prevalence, cataract surgical coverage and barriers to uptake of cataract surgical services in Pakistan: the Pakistan National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey.

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Published in Br J Ophthalmol on June 07, 2007

Authors

Z Jadoon1, S P Shah, R Bourne, B Dineen, M A Khan, C E Gilbert, A Foster, M D Khan, Pakistan National Eye Survey Study Group

Author Affiliations

1: Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmlogy, Kyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan.

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