TY  - JOUR
ID  - discovery1320546
N2  - Prevention of visual impairment is an international priority agreed at the World Health Assembly of 2002--yet many countries lack contemporary data about incidence and causes from which priorities for prevention, treatment and management can be identified.
SN  - 1471-2458
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-6-58
JF  - BMC Public Health
KW  - Adolescent
KW  -  adult
KW  -  age distribution
KW  -  age of onset
KW  -  aged
KW  -  80 and over
KW  -  blindness
KW  -  certification
KW  -  child
KW  -  preschool
KW  -  disability evaluation
KW  -  England
KW  -  female
KW  -  humans
KW  -  incidence
KW  -  infant
KW  -  male
KW  -  middle aged
KW  -  ophthalmology
KW  -  registries
KW  -  sex distribution
KW  -  vision
KW  -  low
KW  -  Wales
A1  - Bunce, C
A1  - Wormald, R
TI  - Leading causes of certification for blindness and partial sight in England & Wales
AV  - public
VL  - 6
Y1  - 2006/03/08/
N1  - © 2006 Bunce and Wormald; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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