Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in Africa : report of a WHO Workshop, Lilongwe, 24-26 June 1997

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WHO Programme for the Prevention of Blindness & World Health Organization. Regional Office for Africa. (1998). Cataract surgery with intraocular lens implantation in Africa : report of a WHO Workshop, Lilongwe, 24-26 June 1997. Geneva : World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/iris/handle/10665/66177
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WHO/PBL/98.7025 p.
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