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, 2015, 'Macro determinants of infant mortality in ECO countries: Evidence from panel data analysis', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 441 - 447
, 2015, 'Affordability of cataract surgery using the Big Mac prices', Revista Mexicana De Oftalmologia, 89, pp. 21 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mexoft.2014.07.001
, 2015, 'Development status and access to health care resources using numerical taxonomy and Morris Model: A case study', Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, 20, pp. 40 - 50
, 2015, 'Factors associated with length of stay and hospital charges among pediatric burn injury in Kermanshah, west of Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 403 - 409, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.3563
, 2015, 'Myopia: A growing global problem with sight-threatening complications', Community Eye Health Journal, 28, pp. 35
, 2015, 'Socioeconomic determinants of infant mortality in Iranian children: A longitudinal econometrics analysis', International Journal of Pediatrics, 3, pp. 375 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2015.3760
, 2015, 'Years of potential life lost and productivity costs due to premature cancer-related mortality in Iran', Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention, 16, pp. 1845 - 1850, http://dx.doi.org/10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.5.1845
, 2014, 'Epidemiological analysis and cost of hospitalization associated with pediatric burns in Kermanshah, Iran', International Journal of Pediatrics, 2, pp. 369 - 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.22038/ijp.2014.3515
, 2014, 'Health sector inflation rate and its determinants in Iran: A longitudinal study (1995-2008)', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 43, pp. 1537 - 1543
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in diabetic patients in Tunisia, North Africa', Eye Basingstoke, 28, pp. 986 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/eye.2014.131
, 2014, 'Extent, consequences and economic burden of road traffic crashes in Iran', Journal of injury & violence research, 6, pp. 57 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v6i2.191
, 2014, 'Status of Ophthalmic Education and the Eye Health Workforce in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Countries', Asia Pacific Journal of Ophthalmology, 3, pp. 74 - 82, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/APO.0000000000000037
, 2014, 'Assessment of performance of the hospitals of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences by use of Pabon Lasso Model (2007-2011)', Scientific Journal of Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, 19, pp. 114 - 123
, 2014, 'Complexities and challenges of surgical data collection from cataract patients: Comparison of cataract surgery rates between 2001 and 2008 in all provinces of Argentina', Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia, 77, pp. 25 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0004-2749.20140008
, 2014, 'Getting ready to cope with non-communicable eye diseases', Community Eye Health Journal, 27, pp. 51
, 2014, 'Non-communicable eye diseases: Facing the future', Community Eye Health Journal, 27, pp. 41 - 43
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in central and south Asia: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 592 - 598, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-303998
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in East Asia: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 599 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304047
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in high-income countries and in Eastern and Central Europe: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 629 - 638, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304033
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Latin America and the Caribbean: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 619 - 628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304013
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in North Africa and the Middle East: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 605 - 611, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304068
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in Southeast Asia and Oceania: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 586 - 591, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304050
, 2014, 'Prevalence and causes of vision loss in sub-Saharan Africa: 1990-2010', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98, pp. 612 - 617, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2013-304081
, 2014, 'The cataract situation in Latin America: Barriers to cataract surgery', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 158, pp. 242 - 2e1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2014.04.019
, 2014, 'The evolution of uncorrected refractive error as a major public health issue', Journal and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New South Wales, 147, pp. 101 - 106
, 2014, 'Visual impairment and blindness due to macular diseases globally: A systematic review and meta-analysis', American Journal of Ophthalmology, 158, pp. 808 - 815, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajo.2014.06.012
, 2013, 'Causes of vision loss worldwide, 1990-2010: A systematic analysis', Lancet Global Health, 1, pp. e339 - e349, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70113-X
, 2013, 'Global prevalence of vision impairment and blindness: Magnitude and temporal trends, 1990-2010', Ophthalmology, 120, pp. 2377 - 2384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ophtha.2013.05.025
, 2013, 'New systematic review methodology for visual impairment and blindness for the 2010 global burden of disease study', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 20, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286586.2012.741279
, 2013, 'Disability weights for vision disorders in Global Burden of Disease study', Lancet, 381, pp. 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(12)62081-9
, 2013, 'Extent, nature and hospital costs of fireworks-related injuries during the Wednesday Eve festival in Iran.', Journal of injury & violence research, 5, pp. 11 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.5249/jivr.v5i1.146
, 2013, 'Is scores derived from the most internationally applied patient safety culture assessment tool correct?', Iranian Journal of Public Health, 42, pp. 1058 - 1066
, 2012, 'Epidemiological data, outcome, and costs of burn patients in kermanshah', Annals of Burns and Fire Disasters, 25, pp. 171 - 177
, 2012, 'The number of ophthalmologists in practice and training worldwide: A growing gap despite more than 200 000 practitioners', British Journal of Ophthalmology, 96, pp. 783 - 787, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-301378
, 2012, 'Do gender inequities exist in cataract surgical coverage? Meta-analysis in Latin America', Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 40, pp. 458 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1442-9071.2011.02722.x
, 2012, 'Future trends in global blindness', Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 60, pp. 387 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0301-4738.100532
, 2012, 'Global cost of correcting vision impairment from uncorrected refractive error', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 90, pp. 728 - 738, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.12.104034
, 2011, 'River blindness: An old disease on the brink of elimination and control', Journal of Global Infectious Diseases, 3, pp. 151 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-777X.81692
, 2010, 'Is Misión Milagro an effective program to prevent blindness in Latin America?', Arquivos Brasileiros De Oftalmologia, 73, pp. 397 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0004-27492010000500001
, 2010, 'Cataract surgery rates in Latin America: A four-year longitudinal study of 19 countries', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 17, pp. 75 - 81, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09286581003624962
, 2008, 'Preventing cancer through tobacco and infection control: How many lives can we save in the next 10 years?', European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 17, pp. 153 - 161, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3282b6fda8
, 2008, 'Author reply to: Estimation of global visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive error', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.08.056366
, 2008, 'Global magnitude of visual impairment caused by uncorrected refractive errors in 2004', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 86, pp. 63 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.2471/BLT.07.041210
, 2005, 'New challenges for VISION 2020', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 12, pp. 291 - 292, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09286580500248254
, 2005, 'The impact of Vision 2020 on global blindness', Eye, 19, pp. 1133 - 1135, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.eye.6701973
, 2004, 'Global data on visual impairment in the year 2002', Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 82, pp. 844 - 851
, 2004, '2002 Global update of available data on visual impairment: A compilation of population-based prevalence studies', Ophthalmic Epidemiology, 11, pp. 67 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1076/opep.11.2.67.28158
, 2004, 'VISION 2020: The Right to Sight - A Global Initiative to Eliminate Avoidable Blindness', Archives of Ophthalmology, 122, pp. 615 - 620, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archopht.122.4.615
, 2003, 'Cataract surgery in Togo', Cahiers Sante, 13, pp. 5 - 8
, 2003, 'Trachoma: looking forward to Global Elimination of Trachoma by 2020 (GET 2020).', American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 69, pp. 33 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.2003.69.5_suppl_1.0690033