Rapid assessment of avoidable blindness including diabetic retinopathy in Queretaro, Mexico
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Mexicana de Oftalmología (English Edition)
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2604-1731
DOI: 10.24875/rmoe.m18000005