Cataract Blindness Among Scheduled Tribes in Mysore District, Karnataka: Problems and Perspectives
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Human Ecology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0970-9274
DOI: 10.1080/09709274.2007.11905968