Smoking causes blindness: Time for eye care professionals to join the fight against tobacco (invest ophthalmol vis sci, (2015), 56, (1120–1121), 10.1167/iovs.15-16479);Smoking causes blindness: Time for eye care professionals to join the fight against tobacco

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1120-1121

  Asfar, Tahgrid ^a   Lam, Byron L ^b   Lee, David J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Blindness; Prevention; Public awareness; Smoking; Smoking cessation treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLINDNESS; COUNSELING; EYE CARE; EYE DISEASE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VISION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES;

BLINDNESS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION;

EID: 84923066588     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-16479a     Document Type: Erratum

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