Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 267-274 , May 2002

Eye Disease and Care in Latin America and the Caribbean

  • Juan Carlos Silva, MD

      Affiliations

    • Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Dr. Juan Carlos Silva, Organizacion Panamericana de la Salud, Carrera 7 # 74-21, Piso 9, Bogotá, DC, Colombia
    • ,
  • J.Bronwyn Bateman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Rocky Mountain Lions Eye Institute, The Children's Hospital, University of Colorado, Denver, CO, USA
    • ,
  • Francisco Contreras, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Oftalmologı́a, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru

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Survey of Ophthalmology
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