Sun exposure and pterygium of the eye: A dose-response curve

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 280-287

  Threlfall, Timothy J ^a   English, Dallas R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE PROTECTION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PTERYGIUM; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032854498     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00161-0     Document Type: Article

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