The prevalence of age-related maculopathy by geographic region and ethnicity: The Colorado-Wisconsin study of age-related maculopathy

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 242-250

  Cruickshanks, Karen J ^a,c   Hamman, Richard F ^b   Klein, Ronald ^a   Nondahl, David M ^a   Shetterly, Susan M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031052972     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150244015     Document Type: Article

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