Iris color, skin sun sensitivity, and age-related maculopathy: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1359-1363

  Mitchell, Paul ^a   Smith, Wayne ^b   Wang, Jie Jin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUSEN; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE;

EID: 0031738364     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)98013-7     Document Type: Article

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