Incidence of age-related cataract: The beaver dam eye study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 219-225

  Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Klein, Ronald ^a   Lee, Kristine E ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILLUMINATION; INCIDENCE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0031939645     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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