Lens opacities, demographic factors and nutritional supplements in the Barbados Eye Study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1314-1322

  Leske, M Cristina ^a,d   Wu, Suh Yuh ^a   Connell, A M S ^b   Hyman, Leslie ^a   Schachat, Andrew P ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Ministry of Health   (Barbados)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COD LIVER OIL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARBADOS; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLIT LAMP; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BARBADOS; BIOLOGY; BLACKS; CARIBBEAN; CORRELATION STUDIES; CULTURAL BACKGROUND; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ETHNIC GROUPS; NORTH AMERICA; OPHTHALMOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; STATISTICAL STUDIES; STUDIES; VITAMINS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BARBADOS; CATARACT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0031448777     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.6.1314     Document Type: Article

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