Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 269-280 , February 2007

Reducing the risk for endophthalmitis after cataract surgery: Population-based nested case-control study: Endophthalmitis Population Study of Western Australia sixth report

,Accepted 25 October 2006.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.This work was presented in part at the European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons, Lisbon, Portugal, September 2005 and the Congress of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Hobart, Australia, November 2005.Funded by project grants 110250 and 303114, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council.The staff of the Data Linkage Unit, Western Australian Department of Health, provided data. The following contributed to teamEPSWA: Michael Walsh, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; Ian Constable, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, St. John of God Hospital, Lions Eye Institute, and University of Western Australia; Ian McAllister, Royal Perth Hospital, St. John of God Hospital, Lions Eye Institute, and University of Western Australia; Christopher Kennedy, Fremantle Hospital and St. John of God Hospital; Timothy Isaacs, Royal Perth Hospital, St. John of God Hospital, Lions Eye Institute, and University of Western Australia; John Pearman, Royal Perth Hospital; D'Arcy Holman, School of Population Health and University of Western Australia; Jianghong Li, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research and University of Western Australia; Bridget Mullholland, Royal Perth Hospital; Ferenz Kosaras, Royal Perth Hospital.

PII: S0886-3350(07)00002-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2006.10.067

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 33, Issue 2 , Pages 269-280 , February 2007

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