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Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 17, 2010 - Issue 1
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Cataract in Central Sri Lanka: Prevalence and Risk Factors from the Kandy Eye Study

Paul A. AthanasiovDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide and South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, South AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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K. EdussuriyaDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide and South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, South Australia
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T. SenaratneDepartment of Ophthalmology, General Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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S. SennanayakeDepartment of Ophthalmology, General Hospital, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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T. SullivanDiscipline of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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D. SelvaDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide and South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, South Australia
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R. J. CassonDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, University of Adelaide and South Australian Institute of Ophthalmology, Adelaide, South Australia
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Pages 34-40 | Received 04 Apr 2009, Accepted 09 Sep 2009, Published online: 25 Jan 2010

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