Risk factors and ocular senescence

Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 257-269

  Pierscionek, B K ^a,b   Weale, R A ^c,d  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL VISION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age related maculopathy; Cataract; Ocular ageing; Presbyopia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CATARACT; HUMAN; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA MACULOPATHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SENESCENCE; SPECTACLES; VISUAL DISORDER;

EID: 0029912641     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: 14230003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000213800     Document Type: Article

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