Avoidable Waste in Ophthalmic Epidemiology: A Review of Blindness Prevalence Surveys in Low and Middle Income Countries 2000–2014
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عنوان ژورنال: Ophthalmic Epidemiology
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0928-6586,1744-5086
DOI: 10.1080/09286586.2017.1328067