Leading causes of blindness worldwide
Roodhooft, J.M.J.
Bulletin de la Societe Belge d'Ophtalmologie 283: 19-25
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0081-0746 PMID: 12058483 Document Number: 544193
The main causes of blindness and visual disabilities, as described in documents published by the World Health Organization (WHO), are discussed.
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