Postmenopausal hormone use and lens opacities

Ophthalmic Epidemiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 179-190

  Weintraub, June M ^a   Taylor, Allen ^a   Jacques, Paul ^a   Willett, Walter C ^a   Rosner, Bernard ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Chylack, Leo T ^a   Hankinson, Susan E ^a  

^a Bureau of Environmental Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Cataract incidence; Estrogens; Postmenopausal hormone use

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; HORMONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CATARACT; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036089083     PISSN: 09286586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/opep.9.3.179.1513     Document Type: Article

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