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Research Article

Postmenopausal hormone use and lens opacities

June M. Weintraub Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine
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Allen Taylor Tufts University Human Nutrition Research Center, and Departments of
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Paul Jacques Tufts University Human Nutrition Research Center, and Departments of
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Walter C. Willett Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine; Nutrition
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Bernard Rosner Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine; Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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Graham A. Colditz Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine
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Leo T. Chylack Center for Ophthalmic Research, Brigham and Women’s Hospital Harvard Medical School
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Susan E. Hankinson Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health; Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine
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Pages 179-190 | Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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