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Cataract in leprosy patients: cataract surgical coverage, barriers to acceptance of surgery, and outcome of surgery in a population based survey in Korea

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  • Paul Courtright aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Susan Lewallen aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Narong Tungpakorn aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Byeong-Hee Cho aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Young-Kyu Lim aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Hyun-Ji Lee aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sung-Hwa Kim aBritish Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, bDepartment of Ophthalmology, Chiang Mai University, Thailand, cDepartment of Sociology, Keimyung University, Taegu, South Korea, dSchool of Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea, eCatholic Skin Clinic and Hospital, Taegu, South Korea PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Paul Courtright, British Columbia Centre for Epidemiologic and International Ophthalmology, University of British Columbia, St Paul's Hospital, 1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, V6Z 1Y6, Canadapcourtright{at}providencehealth.bc.ca
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Courtright P, Lewallen S, Tungpakorn N, et al
Cataract in leprosy patients: cataract surgical coverage, barriers to acceptance of surgery, and outcome of surgery in a population based survey in Korea
British Journal of Ophthalmology 2001;85:643-647.

Publication history

  • Accepted December 20, 2000
  • First published June 1, 2001.
Online issue publication 
March 22, 2016

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