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Overcoming Gender Inequity in Prevention of Blindness and Visual Impairment in Africa
BACKGROUND: Globally, and in Africa, after adjusting for age, women are about 1.4 times more likely to be blind than men. While women generally live longer than men, the lack of accessibility to and use of services is likely the most important reason for excess blindness in women in Africa. AIM: We...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Medknow Publications
2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3119299/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21731318 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-9233.80695 |