The framingham eye study: II. Association of ophthalmic pathology with single variables previously measured in the framingham heart study

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1977, Pages 33-41

  Kahn, Harold A ^a   Leibowitz, Howard M ^b   Ganley, James P ^c   Kini, Mohandas M ^b   Colton, Theodore ^d   Nickerson, Rita S ^d   Dawber, Thomas R ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract; Diabetic retinopathy; Glaucoma; Macular degeneration; Ocular tension

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOLIPID;

CATARACT; DIAGNOSIS; GLAUCOMA; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINOPATHY;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; CARDIOMEGALY; CATARACT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGED; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PULSE; RETINAL DEGENERATION; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 0017654306     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a112429     Document Type: Article

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