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Comment
. 2019 Dec;33(12):1976-1977.
doi: 10.1038/s41433-019-0528-6. Epub 2019 Jul 11.

The inverse-research law of eye health

John C Buchan  1   2 , William H Dean  3 , Jacqueline Ramke  3   4 , Matthew J Burton  3   5
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The inverse-research law of eye health

John C Buchan et al. Eye (Lond). 2019 Dec.
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Relative magnitude of causes of blindness globally
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Relative frequency of MeSH terms from core ophthalmic journal articles
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