Iris color and cataract: The Blue Mountains Eye Study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-238

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATARACT; EYE COLOR; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; IRIS; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SLIT LAMP; SUNLIGHT;

CATARACT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRIS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; LENS NUCLEUS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEW SOUTH WALES; ODDS RATIO; PHOTOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0033825442     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00479-7     Document Type: Article

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