The relation of socioeconomic factors to the incidence of early age-related maculopathy: The Beaver Dam eye study

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 128-131

  Klein, Ronald ^a   Klein, Barbara E K ^a   Jensen, Susan C ^a   Moss, Scot E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INCOME; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0034962338     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(00)00931-4     Document Type: Article

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