A prospective study of alcohol consumption and the risk of age-related macular degeneration

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 172-177

  Ajani, Umed A ^a   Christen, William G ^a   Manson, Joann E ^a,b   Glynn, Robert J ^a,b   Schaumberg, Debra ^a   Buring, Julie E ^a,b,c   Hennekens, Charles H ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age Related Macular Degeneration; Alcohol Consumption; Physicians' Health Study

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BETA CAROTENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033045093     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(98)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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