Prospective study of zinc intake and the risk of age-related macular degeneration

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 328-336

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

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related macular degeneration; Food frequency questionnaire; Health professionals follow up study; Men; Nurses' health study; Prospective studies; Women; Zinc intake

Indexed keywords

MULTIVITAMIN; ZINC;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; UNITED STATES; ZINC;

EID: 0034980123     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(01)00217-4     Document Type: Article

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