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Smoking and retinal vein occlusions. The Beijing Eye Study

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  1. Beijing Institute of Ophthalmology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, 17 Hougou Street, Chong Wen Men, 100005, Beijing, China

    Liang Xu, Qi Sheng You, Weiwei Liu & Jost B. Jonas

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Clinical Medicine Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

    Jost B. Jonas

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Supported by Beijing Municipal Natural Science Foundation and Bureau of International Cooperation, Beijing Municipal Science & Technology Commission.

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Xu, L., You, Q.S., Liu, W. et al. Smoking and retinal vein occlusions. The Beijing Eye Study. Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol 248, 1045–1046 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00417-009-1245-9

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