The Lens Opacities Case-Control Study: Risk Factors for Cataract

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1991, Pages 244-251

  Leske, M Cristina ^a   Chylack, Leo T ^b   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; CAROTENE; CORTICOSTEROID; IRON; NICOTINIC ACID; RIBOFLAVIN; THIAMINE; URICOSURIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OCCUPATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REFRACTION ERROR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX; SMOKING; SUNLIGHT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIOXIDANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; MIDDLE AGE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; VITAMINS;

EID: 0026099329     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1991.01080020090051     Document Type: Article

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