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A Case-Control Study to Assess the Relationship between Poverty and Visual Impairment from Cataract in Kenya, the Philippines, and Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: The link between poverty and health is central to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Poverty can be both a cause and consequence of poor health, but there are few epidemiological studies exploring this complex relationship. The aim of this study was to examine the association betwe...
Autores principales: | Kuper, Hannah, Polack, Sarah, Eusebio, Cristina, Mathenge, Wanjiku, Wadud, Zakia, Foster, Allen |
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Formato: | Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2602716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19090614 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0050244 |
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