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Editorial

The Role of Vision in Preventing Falls in the Elderly

Shiva Mehravarana Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 100 Stein Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA90095, USAView further author information
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Anne Louise Colemanb Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, 100 Stein Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA90095, USA and Department of Epidemiology, Jonathan & Karin Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. [email protected]Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 549-550 | Published online: 14 Dec 2012

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