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

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 681-688

  Cho, Eunyoung ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,c   Willett, Walter C ^a,c   Stampfer, Meir J ^a,c   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Speizer, Frank E ^c   Rimm, Eric B ^a,c   Seddon, Johanna M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CHANNING LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0034091205     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.118.5.681     Document Type: Article

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