Vision impairment in the Pacific region

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jun 2002Publisher:BMJJournal:British Journal of Ophthalmology, volume 86, pages 605-610 (issn: 0007-1161,

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Authors: J E, Keeffe; K, Konyama; H R, Taylor;

doi: 10.1136/bjo.86.6.605

pmid: 12034678

pmc: PMC1771168

Vision impairment in the Pacific region

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Abstract

The Western Pacific region is one of great diversity, containing the most populous country, China, and many small Pacific island countries. This review describes the prevalence of blindness and vision loss, illustrates the changing trends in the important causes of vision loss and blindness, and the stages of development of the delivery of eye care services across this region.

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University of Melbourne
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Centre for Eye Research Australia
Australia

Keywords

China, Ophthalmology, Primary Health Care, Prevalence, Vision Disorders, Humans, Blindness, Pacific Islands

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