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Original Article

Methods for a population-based study of eye disease: the Melbourne Visual Impairment Project

P. M. Livingston Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
,
C. A. Carson Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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Y. L. Stanislavsky Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
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S. E. Lee Currently, Department of Community Medicine, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia
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H. R. Taylor Department of Ophthalmology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Pages 139-148 | Accepted 13 Sep 1994, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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