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      Racial differences in the cause-specific prevalence of blindness in east Baltimore.

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          Bilateral blindness unrelated to simple refractive error is twice as prevalent among blacks as among whites, although the difference narrows among the elderly. The reasons for this race- and age-related pattern are uncertain.

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          Journal
          N Engl J Med
          The New England journal of medicine
          Massachusetts Medical Society
          0028-4793
          0028-4793
          Nov 14 1991
          : 325
          : 20
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD.
          Article
          10.1056/NEJM199111143252004
          1922252
          510df3a2-0da1-4bf2-8746-d01eb74ff0f9
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