Response to: Comment on: 'The inverse-research law of global eye health'

John C Buchan^{1

2}, William H Dean³, Jacqueline Ramke^{3

4}, Matthew J Burton^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. john.buchan@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK. john.buchan@lshtm.ac.uk.
³ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁵ Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.

Comment

John C Buchan et al. Eye (Lond). 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec;34(12):2350.

doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0808-1. Epub 2020 Feb 18.

John C Buchan^{1

2}, William H Dean³, Jacqueline Ramke^{3

4}, Matthew J Burton^{3

5}

¹ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK. john.buchan@lshtm.ac.uk.
² Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK. john.buchan@lshtm.ac.uk.
³ International Centre for Eye Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
⁴ School of Optometry and Vision Science, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
⁵ Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

The inverse-research law of eye health.
Buchan JC, Dean WH, Ramke J, Burton MJ. Buchan JC, et al. Eye (Lond). 2019 Dec;33(12):1976-1977. doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0528-6. Epub 2019 Jul 11. Eye (Lond). 2019. PMID: 31296951 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Comment on: The inverse-research law of global eye health.
Lavin MJ. Lavin MJ. Eye (Lond). 2020 Dec;34(12):2351. doi: 10.1038/s41433-020-0805-4. Epub 2020 Feb 18. Eye (Lond). 2020. PMID: 32071405 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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