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Magnitude and causes of blindness in the developing world

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Table 5 summarises the available data on blindness prevalence for different areas of the world with estimates of the number of blind by continent.

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Foster, A., Johnson, G.J. Magnitude and causes of blindness in the developing world. Int Ophthalmol 14, 135–140 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158310

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