A prospective study of blood pressure and risk of cataract in men

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 104-110

  Schaumberg, Debra A ^a,b   Glynn, Robert J ^a,c   Christen, William G ^a   Ajani, Umed A ^a   Stürmer, Til ^d   Hennekens, Charles H ^e  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Epidemiology ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood Pressure; Cataract; Epidemiology; Hypertension; Physicians' health study; Risk factor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CATARACT; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035176313     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1047-2797(00)00178-2     Document Type: Article

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