Effects of gaze strategy on standing postural stability in older multifocal wearers
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical and Experimental Optometry
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0816-4622,1444-0938
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2008.00304.x