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Editorial
. 2006 May;90(5):521-2.
doi: 10.1136/bjo.2006.090233.

Uncorrected refractive error

C A McCarty
Editorial

Uncorrected refractive error

C A McCarty. Br J Ophthalmol. 2006 May.

Abstract

We need to act now to eliminate preventable blindness by the year 2020

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