Prevalence and incidence of age-related cataract in a population sample from Priverno, Italy

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 95-103

  Cedrone, C ^a   Culasso, F ^b   Cesareo, M ^a   Mancino, R ^a   Ricci, F ^a   Cupo, G ^a   Cerulli, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Age related cataract; Incidence; Italy; Lens opacity; Population based study; Prevalence; Vision loss

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CATARACT; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; CATARACT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032814606     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.6.2.95.1562     Document Type: Article

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