Risk factors for age-related cortical, nuclear, and posterior subcapsular cataracts

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 1991, Pages 541-553

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Author keywords

Contaract; Cortisone; Education; Nutrition; Sunlight

Indexed keywords

CORTISONE; ERYTHROCYTE ENZYME; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; HAND GRIP; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SUNLIGHT; URIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CORTISONE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSEPHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; URIC ACID;

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