Age-related macular degeneration and smoking: The Rotterdam study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1193-1196

  Vingerling, Johannes R ^a   Hofman, Albert ^a   Grobbee, Diederick E ^a   De Jong, Paulus T V M ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CIGARETTE SMOKING; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 0029836759     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140393005     Document Type: Article

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