Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 79, Issue 10 , Pages 581-586 , October 2008

Affiliations of community health centers with the accredited schools and colleges of optometry in the states and territories of the United States

  • American Optometric Association Community Health Center Committee

      Affiliations

    • Susan A. Primo, O.D., M.P.H., Lillian Kalaczinski, O.D., Roger Wilson, O.D. (chair), and Karen Chester, O.D. (committee authors); John Whitener, O.D. (AOA staff author); Sandra Block, O.D., M.Ed., Jan Cooper, O.D., and Daniel Desrivieres, O.D. (other committee members).

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 Corresponding author: Sandra S. Block, O.D., M.Ed., Illinois College of Optometry, 3241 S. Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60616. E-mail: sblock@ico.edu

PII: S1529-1839(08)00375-8

doi: 10.1016/j.optm.2008.06.007

Optometry - Journal of the American Optometric Association
Volume 79, Issue 10 , Pages 581-586 , October 2008