Estimation of the lost productivity to the GDP and the national cost of correcting visual impairment from refractive error in Kenya.
<h4>Background</h4>In developing countries such as Kenya, minimal attention has been directed towards population based studies on uncorrected refractive error (URE). However, the absence of population based studies, warrants utilization of other avenues to showcase to the stakeholders in...
Main Authors: | Shadrack Muma, Kovin Shunmugam Naidoo, Rekha Hansraj |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2024-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300799&type=printable |
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