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Assessing the Quality of Published Surveys in Ophthalmology

Elaine M. Trana Division of Ophthalmology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;b Section of Ophthalmology, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Megan M. Trana Division of Ophthalmology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;b Section of Ophthalmology, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Melissa A. Clarkc Department of Health Services, School of Public Health, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
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Ingrid U. Scottd Departments of Ophthalmology and Public Health Sciences, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA
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Curtis E. Margoe Departments of Ophthalmology and Pathology and Cell Biology, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA
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Carol Cosenzaf Center for Survey Research, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Timothy P. Johnsong Survey Research Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Paul B. Greenberga Division of Ophthalmology, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA;b Section of Ophthalmology, Providence Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Providence, Rhode Island, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 339-343 | Received 24 Nov 2019, Accepted 18 Mar 2020, Published online: 06 Apr 2020

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