Senile macular degeneration: Review of epidemiologic features

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 1983, Pages 132-151

  Ferris, Frederick L ^a  

^a NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; BLINDNESS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; DRUSEN; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PERIPHERAL VASCULAR SYSTEM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SHORT SURVEY; SURVEY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AGED; AGING; BLINDNESS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL VESSELS; RISK; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0020561796     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a113624     Document Type: Article

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