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Original Article

LOC387715, Smoking and Their Prognostic Impact on Visual Functional Status in Age-Related Macular Degeneration—The Muenster Aging and Retina Study (MARS) Cohort

Bruno Neuner Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Juergen Wellmann Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Burkhard Dasch Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Martha Dietzel Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany; Ophthalmology Department, St. Franziskus Hospital, Muenster, Germany
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Astrid Farwick Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Monika Stoll Leibniz Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, Genetic Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Daniel Pauleikhoff Ophthalmology Department, St. Franziskus Hospital, Muenster, Germany
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Hans-Werner Hense Institute of Epidemiology and Social Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology Section, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany
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Pages 148-154 | Received 04 Sep 2006, Accepted 03 Feb 2008, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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