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The Pakistan National Blindness and Visual Impairment Survey—Research Design, Eye Examination Methodology and Results of the Pilot Study

Rupert Bourne Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LondonEngland; Department of Epidemiology and International Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London & Moorfields Eye Hospital, LondonEngland
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Brendan Dineen Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LondonEngland
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Zahid Jadoon Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, PeshawarPakistan
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Pak S. Lee Department of Epidemiology and International Eye Health, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London & Moorfields Eye Hospital, LondonEngland
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Aman Khan Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, PeshawarPakistan
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Gordon J. Johnson Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LondonEngland
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Allen Foster Clinical Research Unit, Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, LondonEngland
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Daud Khan Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, PeshawarPakistan
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Daud Khan Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology, Khyber Institute of Ophthalmic Medical Sciences, PeshawarPakistan
& The Pakistan National Eye Survey Study Group show all
Pages 321-333 | Received 09 Sep 2004, Accepted 16 Jun 2005, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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