Cataracts and Macular Degeneration in Older Americans

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 571-573

  Klein, Barbara E ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CATARACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC OR RACIAL ASPECTS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; RACE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CATARACT; CAUCASOID RACE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEGROID RACE; SEX FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0020067097     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1982.01030030573002     Document Type: Article

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