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Research Article

Visual acuity and its relationship to early growth, eye disease, and aging in North Hertfordshire

Nigel Hall MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hants. and
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Avan Aihie Sayer MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hants. and
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Jennifer Evans Glaxo Department of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
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Abdul Rauf Glaxo Department of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
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Cyrus Cooper MRC Environmental Epidemiology Unit, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, Hants. and
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Richard Wormald Glaxo Department of Ophthalmic Epidemiology, Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, UK
Pages 83-90 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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