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Tobacco smoking influences on eye diseases and vision
  1. A Grzybowski1,2
  1. 1
    Department of Ophthalmology, City Hospital, Poznan, Poland
  2. 2
    Department of History of Medicine, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poznan, Poland
  1. Dr A Grzybowski, Department of Ophthalmology, Szwajcarska 6, 61-285 Poznan, Poland; grzyb{at}am.poznan.pl

https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.2008.151902

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    I read the article of Lois et al1 with great interest. I believe, however, that at least in some points it should be supplemented. My recent survey2 concerning a similar subject, which was limited to articles published in the last 2 years, revealed more aspects of the effects of tobacco smoking on the eye physiology and pathology than presented in the paper of Lois et al.

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