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Causes of childhood blindness in Ghana: results from a blind school survey in Upper West Region, Ghana, and review of the literature

Published:2017-06-13 Issue:4 Volume:38 Page:1415-1423
ISSN:0165-5701
Container-title:International Ophthalmology
language:en
Short-container-title:Int Ophthalmol

Author:

Huh Grace J.^ORCID,Simon Judith,Grace Prakalapakorn S.^ORCID

Funder

Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University

National Eye Institute

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Ophthalmology

Link

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10792-017-0600-9/fulltext.html

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