Uncorrected refractive error: the major and most easily avoidable cause of vision loss

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Affiliations

¹ Executive Chair, International Centre for Eyecare Education; Chair, WHO Refractive Error Working Group; Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.

Editor:Brien A Holden. Community Eye Health. 2007 Sep.

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¹ Executive Chair, International Centre for Eyecare Education; Chair, WHO Refractive Error Working Group; Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia.

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