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Ophthalmic Epidemiology Volume 26, 2019 - Issue 3
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Editorial

Techniques for improving ophthalmic studies performed on administrative databases

Durga S. BorkarRetina Service, Wills Eye Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAView further author information
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Lucia SobrinDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USAORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1575-0819View further author information
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Rebecca A. HubbardDepartment of Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Informatics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAView further author information
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John H. KempenDepartment of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;Discovery Eye Center, MyungSung Christian Medical Center, MyungSung Medical School, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaView further author information
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Brian L. VanderBeekDepartment of Ophthalmology, Scheie Eye Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA;Leonard Davis Institute, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 147-149 | Received 08 Nov 2018, Accepted 20 Nov 2018, Published online: 06 Dec 2018

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