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Health literacy of common ocular diseases in Nepal

BACKGROUND: Poor health literacy is often a key cause of lack of or delayed uptake of health care services. The aim of this study was to assess the health literacy of common ocular diseases, namely cataract, glaucoma, night blindness, trachoma and diabetic retinopathy in Nepal. METHODS: A cross sect...

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Autores principales:	Shrestha, Mohan Krishna, Guo, Christina W, Maharjan, Nhukesh, Gurung, Reeta, Ruit, Sanduk
Formato:	Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:	English
Publicado:	BioMed Central 2014
Materias:	Research Article
Acceso en línea:	https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3898060/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24400641 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2415-14-2

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