Perceptions of blindness related to smoking: a hospital-based cross-sectional study.

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Published in Eye (Lond) on September 01, 2005

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G Bidwell1, A Sahu, R Edwards, R A Harrison, J Thornton, S P Kelly

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1: Bolton Eye Unit, Bolton Hospitals NHS Trust, Bolton, UK.

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