Report on the nationwide epidemiological survey of exudative age-related macular degeneration in Japan

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-3

  Yuzawa, Mitsuko ^a   Tamakoshi, Akiko ^b   Kawamura, Takashi ^b   Ohno, Yoshiyuki ^b   Uyama, Masanobu ^c   Honda, Toshihito ^d  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Annual number; Epidemiological survey; Exudative age related macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030823252     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005845521424     Document Type: Article

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