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Original Article

Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption and the Risk of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma

Jae H. Kang Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Walter C. Willett Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Bernard A. Rosner Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Susan E. Hankinson Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Louis R. Pasquale Glaucoma Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Pages 141-147 | Received 31 Aug 2006, Accepted 27 Dec 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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