Survey of childhood blindness and visual impairment in Botswana
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Survey of childhood blindness and visual impairment in Botswana.
BACKGROUND/AIMS In terms of blind-person years, the worldwide burden of childhood blindness is second only to cataracts. In many developing countries, 30-72% of childhood blindness is avoidable. The authors conducted this study to determine the causes of childhood blindness and visual impairment (VI) in Botswana, a middle-income country with limited access to ophthalmic care. METHODS This stu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1091-8531
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaapos.2009.12.098