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Original Articles

Topical Beta-Blockers and Cardiovascular Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis with Data from the EPIC-Norfolk Cohort Study

Claude PinnockDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKView further author information
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Jennifer L. Y. YipDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Anthony P. KhawajaDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK;NIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UKView further author information
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Robert LubenDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKView further author information
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Shabina HayatDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKView further author information
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David C. BroadwayDepartment of Ophthalmology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, Norwich, UKView further author information
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Paul J. FosterNIHR Biomedical Research Centre for Ophthalmology, Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology, London, UKView further author information
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Kay-Tee KhawDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UKView further author information
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Nick WarehamMRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UKView further author information
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Pages 277-284 | Received 06 Aug 2015, Accepted 20 Mar 2016, Published online: 23 Aug 2016

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