Cataract associations with pinguecula and pterygium: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 717-719

  Lim, Ridia ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a   Cumming, Robert G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0032212836     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00140-8     Document Type: Article

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