Changing patterns in global blindness: 1988–2008
When the Community Eye Health Journal was launched in 1988, the world population was approximately 5.1 billion. Over the last 20 years, it has increased by approximately 30%, reaching 6.7 billion in 2008. During the same period, the world population has also become proportionally older, as the numbe...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London
2008-09-01
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Series: | Community Eye Health Journal |
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Online Access: | http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/21/jceh_21_67_037.htm |