Age-specific prevalence and causes of blindness and visual impairment in an older population: the Rotterdam Study.

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Published in Arch Ophthalmol on May 01, 1998

Authors

C C Klaver1, R C Wolfs, J R Vingerling, A Hofman, P T de Jong

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

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