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The World Burden of Refractive Blindness

2016; Slack Incorporated (United States); Volume: 32; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.3928/1081597x-20160707-01

1938-2391

Jorge L. Alió, Ronald R. Krueger, Sina Bidgoli,

Glaucoma and retinal disorders

Guest EditorialThe World Burden of Refractive Blindness Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBO, , , MD, PhD, FEBO Ronald R. Krueger, MD, PhD, , and , MD, PhD Sina Bidgoli, MD, FEBO, , MD, FEBO Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBO , Ronald R. Krueger, MD, PhD , and Sina Bidgoli, MD, FEBO Journal of Refractive Surgery, 2016;32(9):582–584Published Online:July 07, 2016https://doi.org/10.3928/1081597X-20160707-01Cited by:4PDFView Full Text ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMore1.Naidoo KS, Jaggernath J. Uncorrected refractive errors. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2012; 60:432–437.10.4103/0301-4738.100543 Crossref MedlineGoogle Scholar2.Dandona L, Dandona R. What is the global burden of visual impairment?BMC Med. 2006; 4:6.10.1186/1741-7015-4-6 Crossref MedlineGoogle Scholar3.Resnikoff S, Pascolini D, Mariotti SP, Pokharel GP. Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004. 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Request Permissions InformationCopyright 2016, SLACK IncorporatedPDF downloadCorrespondence: Jorge L. Alió, MD, PhD, FEBO, Avda de Denia s/n, Edificio Vissum, 03016 Alicante, Spain. E-mail: [email protected]comFrom Vissum Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (JLA); the Division of Ophthalmology, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Alicante, Spain (JLA); Cleveland Clinic Cole Eye Institute, Cleveland, Ohio (RRK); and the R&D Department, Vissum Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante, Alicante, Spain (SB).The authors have no financial or proprietary interest in the materials presented herein.