Correlation between UVB irradiation and the proportion of cataract - An epidemiological study based on a nationwide patient survey in Japan

Industrial Health

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 354-360

  Hayashi, Liju Chu ^a   Tamiya, Nanako ^a   Yano, Eiji ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged population per ophthalmologist; Cataract; Patients Survey; Proportion of 75 yo. or older among aged population (65 yo. or older); Proportion of all the patients among aged population; The Japanese islands; UVB

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0031769862     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.36.354     Document Type: Article

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