A prospective study of cigarette smoking and age-related macular degeneration in women

JAMA

Volumn 276, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 1141-1146

  Seddon, Johanna M ^a,b,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Speizer, Frank E ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029758899     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.276.14.1141     Document Type: Article

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