Factors associated with age-related macular degeneration: An ANALYSIS of DATA from THE fi1r8t NATIONAL health AND nutrition EXAMINATION survey

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 700-710

  Goldberg, Jack ^a   Flowerdew, Gordon ^a   Smith, Ellen ^a   Brody, Jacob A ^a   Tso, Mark O M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Macular degeneration; Vitamin A; Vitamin C

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; RETINOL;

ADULT; AGE; AGING; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; SHORT SURVEY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASCORBIC ACID; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0023813198     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a115023     Document Type: Article

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