Referral patterns to an ophthalmic outpatient clinic by general practitioners and ophthalmic opticians and the role of these professionals in screening for ocular disease.

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• Publication year

  1988

• Venue

  British medical journal

• Publication date

  1988-11-05

• Fields of study

  Medicine

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  DOI 10.1136/bmj.297.6657.1162PMID 3144331PMCID PMC1835025
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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