Functional presbyopia in a rural Kenyan population: the unmet presbyopic need.

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Published in Clin Experiment Ophthalmol on April 01, 2008

Authors

Justin C Sherwin1, Jill E Keeffe, Hannah Kuper, F M Amirul Islam, Andreas Muller, Wanjiku Mathenge

Author Affiliations

1: Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

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