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Vision loss in Australia

Konrad Pesudovs and Douglas J Coster
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (9): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb07141.x
Published online: 7 November 2005

Konrad Pesudovs,* Douglas J Coster


  • NHMRC Centre for Clinical Eye Research, Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders Medical Centre and Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA 5042. Konrad.PesudovsATflinders.edu.au



Acknowledgements: 

Acknowledgement: Konrad Pesudovs is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council Sir Neil Hamilton Fairley Fellowship 0061. The Quality of Life Impact of Refractive Correction project was supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre of Clinical Research Excellence Grant 264620.

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