What is the global burden of visual impairment?
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>A recent estimate by the World Health Organization (WHO) suggests that 161 million persons worldwide have visual impairment, including 37 million blind (best-corrected visual acuity less than 3/60 in the better eye) and 124 million w...
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BMC
2006-03-01
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| Series: | BMC Medicine |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/4/6 |