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Original Article

The Association Between Maternal Smoking in Pregnancy, Other Early Life Characteristics and Childhood Vision: The Twins Eye Study in Tasmania

A. L. Ponsonby Menzies Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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S. A. Brown Menzies Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia; Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia
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L. S. Kearns Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia; Ocular Diagnostic Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia
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J. R. MacKinnon Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow, Scotland
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L. W. Scotter Ocular Diagnostic Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia
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J. A. Cochrane Menzies Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia
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D. A. Mackey Menzies Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia; Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Australia; Ocular Diagnostic Clinic, Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Australia; Department of Ophthalmology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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Pages 351-359 | Received 15 Nov 2006, Accepted 31 May 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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