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Clinical Competency of 1-Year Trained Vision Technicians in Andhra Pradesh, India

Prakash PaudelBrien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Correspondence[email protected] [email protected]
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Sonja CronjéBrien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
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Patricia M. O’ConnorVision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;School of Social Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, and
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Gullapalli N. RaoVision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;LV Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
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Brien A. HoldenBrien Holden Vision Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;Vision Cooperative Research Centre, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, ;School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia,
Pages 409-416 | Received 23 Sep 2014, Accepted 08 Jan 2015, Published online: 14 Dec 2015

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