The prevalence of age-related maculopathy by geographic region and ethnicity

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 371-389

  Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Cruickshanks, Karen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CAUCASIAN; ETHNOLOGY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDIAN; JAPAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RISK FACTOR;

DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PREVALENCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0033001561     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00025-1     Document Type: Article

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