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The Reykjavik Eye Study on Prevalence of Glaucoma in Iceland and IdentifiedRisk Factors

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  1. Fridbert Jonasson MD
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  1. Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA

    Joyce Tombran-Tink PhD  & Colin J. Barnstable DPhil  & 

  2. Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT

    M. Bruce Shields MD

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Jonasson, F., Arnarsson, A., Eysteinsson, T. (2008). The Reykjavik Eye Study on Prevalence of Glaucoma in Iceland and IdentifiedRisk Factors. In: Tombran-Tink, J., Barnstable, C.J., Shields, M.B. (eds) Mechanisms of the Glaucomas. Ophthalmology Research™. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-373-8_3

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