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. 2012 Oct;96(10):1357-8.
doi: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302088. Epub 2012 Jun 27.

The global inverse care law: a distorted map of blindness

Andrew Bastawrous, Benjamin D Hennig

The global inverse care law: a distorted map of blindness

Andrew Bastawrous et al. Br J Ophthalmol. 2012 Oct.
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Figure 1
A Cartogram showing the prevalence of blindness by WHO region (using WHO region colours).
Figure 2
Figure 2
A Cartogram showing the number of practicing ophthalmologists worldwide by country.
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