Childhood Cataract: Magnitude, Management, Economics and Impact

The prevalence of blindness among children in different regions varies from 0.2/1000 children to over 1.5/1000 children with a global figure estimated at 0.7/1000. This means that there are an estimated 1.4 million blind children worldwide.1 The proportion of blindness in children due to cataract va...

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Main Authors: BR Shamanna, R Muralikrishnan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2004-01-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/17/jceh_17_50_017.html