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Research Article

Causes of visual impairment in two older population cross-sections: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Suriya Foran Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital) and the Westmead Millennium and Save Sight Institutes, Sydney, Australia
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Jie Jin Wang Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital) and the Westmead Millennium and Save Sight Institutes, Sydney, Australia
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Paul Mitchell Department of Ophthalmology, University of Sydney (Centre for Vision Research, Westmead Hospital) and the Westmead Millennium and Save Sight Institutes, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence [email protected]
Pages 215-225 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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