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Current estimates of the economic burden of blindness and visual impairment in India: A cost of illness study
PURPOSE: Currently, there are an estimated 4.95 million blind persons and 70 million vision impaired persons in India, out of which 0.24 million are blind children. Early detection and treatment of the leading causes of blindness such as cataract are important in reducing the prevalence of blindness...
Autores principales: | Mannava, Sunny, Borah, Rishi Raj, Shamanna, B R |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer - Medknow
2022
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9359234/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35648000 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_2804_21 |
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