Modifiable Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors Affecting the Retinal Microcirculation

Please cite this paper as: Serre and Sasongko (2012). Modifiable Lifestyle and Environmental Risk Factors Affecting the Retinal Microcirculation. Microcirculation 19(1), 29–36.

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