Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2162-2166 , November 2005

Age and sex profile of patients having cataract surgery between 1986 and 2003

,Accepted 3 March 2005.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any method or material mentioned.

PII: S0886-3350(05)00751-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.08.044

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 31, Issue 11 , Pages 2162-2166 , November 2005

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