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Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 2, 1995 - Issue 2
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Changes of the eye caused by the climate in Rwanda, Africa

Henrik Forsius Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
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Karel Maertens Centre Hospitalier de Kigali, Rwanda
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Johan Fellman Folkhälsan Institute of Genetics, Helsinki, Finland
Pages 107-113 | Accepted 15 Feb 1995, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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