Potential lost productivity resulting from the global burden of uncorrected refractive error
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Potential lost productivity resulting from the global burden of uncorrected refractive error.
OBJECTIVE To estimate the potential global economic productivity loss associated with the existing burden of visual impairment from uncorrected refractive error (URE). METHODS Conservative assumptions and national population, epidemiological and economic data were used to estimate the purchasing power parity-adjusted gross domestic product (PPP-adjusted GDP) loss for all individuals with impa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulletin of the World Health Organization
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0042-9686
DOI: 10.2471/blt.08.055673