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The effects of vision loss in old age

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 November 2008

Ann V Salvage
Ann V Salvage*
Affiliation:
Age Concern Institute of Gerontology, King's College, London, UK
*
Ann V Salvage, Policy Studies Institute, 100 Park Village East, London NW1 3SR, UK.
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Social and psychological gerontology
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Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , February 1995 , pp. 95 - 102
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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