Epidemiology of risk factors for age-related cataract

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 323-334

  Seddon, Johanna ^a   Fong, Donald ^a   West, Sheila K ^a   Valmadrid, Charles T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

age related cataract; alcohol; allopurinol; antioxidants; aspirin; cataract; diabetes; diarrhea; education; epidemiology; gender; phenothiazines; risk factors; smoking; steroids; ultraviolet radiation

Indexed keywords

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AGE FACTORS; CATARACT; HUMAN; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; RISK FACTORS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0028872768     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6257(05)80110-9     Document Type: Article

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