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. 2000;13(34):17-9.

Vision 2020: the cataract challenge

Allen Foster  1
, editors.
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Vision 2020: the cataract challenge

Editor:Allen Foster. Community Eye Health. 2000.
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Bilateral cataract in a relatively young woman Photo: Murray McGavin
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Hypermature cataract Photo: David Yorston
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Global Estimates of the Number of Eyes with < 6/60 due to Cataract
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Schematic Representation of Cataract
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References

    1. The World Health Report: Life in the 21st Century – A Vision for All. World Health Organization, Geneva, 1998. Page 47.
    1. Minassian DC, Mehra V. 3.8 million blinded by cataract each year. Br J Ophthalmol. 1990;74:341–43. - PMC - PubMed

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