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Lens thickness and five-year cumulative incidence of cataracts: The Beaver Dam Eye Study

Barbara E.K. Klein Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Ronald Klein Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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Scot E. Moss Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Pages 243-248 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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